Wave of Iraq bombings kills 12: officials

BAGHDAD - Agence France-Presse

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A series of bombings across Iraq on Monday killed 12 people, including three policemen, and wounded more than 40, officials said.

The violence struck the northern ethnically mixed provinces of Kirkuk and Diyala and south of Baghdad in Babil province, and targeted government officials, security forces and Shiite Muslims in the lead-up to major commemoration ceremonies.