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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 26 Jul 2008

July 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Saturday.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb killed three people in a truck on Friday south of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed a woman when they stormed her house in eastern Mosul on Friday, police said.

MOSUL - One policeman was killed during clashes with gunmen in western Mosul, police said.

KERBALA - A bomb in a minibus wounded eight people on Friday in central Kerbala, 80 km (50 miles) southwest of Baghdad, a health official said.

HILLA - Gunmen killed a four year-old girl in a drive-by shooting just outside her house in Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay)