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Suicide car bomber kills 10 in northern Iraq


    MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber targeting worshippers leaving a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in northern Iraq killed 10 people and wounded 52 others on Friday, police said.

    The attack took place just north of the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad. Police said the toll was an initial figure and likely to rise.

    The insurgency in Iraq has waned in the last 18 months, but has remained stubborn in Mosul and a few other areas.

    (Writing by Mohammed Abbas: Editing by Michael Roddy)