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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 16

April 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1400 GMT on Saturday.

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  • BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded near the convoy of Mohammed Abid, an official with Iraq's Higher Education Ministry, in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. He escaped unharmed but the blast wounded two passers-by.

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