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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, January 10

10 Jan 2012 12:29

Jan 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1200 GMT on Tuesday.

KHANAQIN - A roadside bomb exploded near an army convoy, killing a colonel and wounding three soldiers in a town near the city of Khanaqin, 140 km (100 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police and the town's mayor said.

YATHRIB - A roadside bomb exploded and killed three students in the town of Yathrib, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

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