In Iraq, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle has struck a checkpoint in a Sunni neighbourhood of Baghdad, killing 15 people and injuring 29 others.
The checkpoint was being manned by United States-backed gunmen, who have agreed to root-out al-Qaeda members. al-Qaeda in Iraq has suffered a big set-back since local tribes agreed to turn against it, and it is often blamed for attacks on such checkpoints.
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