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Seven killed in attacks in Baquba, Baghdad

At least seven people have been killed in separate attacks in the Iraqi cities of Baquba and Baghdad.

In Baquba, north of Baghdad, gunmen killed one man and wounded another in a gun attack on a bakery. Insurgents then killed three policemen and wounded five others in a subsequent bombing of the same site.

Meanwhile, three people were killed and four wounded in a series of attacks in the capital.

Three men standing at a meeting point for people looking for day-to-day work in west Baghdad died when gunmen opened fire.

In the east of the city, two guards were wounded in a bomb blast at the Al-Kindi hospital and two civilians were injured after a roadside bombing of a police patrol.

And Iraqi police have discovered the body of a man they believe was killed as part of sectarian reprisals that have swept Iraq since the bombing of the Shia Al-Askari Shrine in February.

Today's violence follows the deaths of almost 50 people in various attacks yesterday.