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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 30

April 30 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1815 GMT on Saturday.

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*MOSUL - A suicide bomber killed 8 people, including five soldiers, and wounded 19, including two soldiers, when he blew himself up at an Iraqi army checkpoint next to a market in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, Nineveh province police Lieutenant Colonel Mahmoud al-Jibouri said.

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