BAGHDAD, Feb 10 (Reuters) - A car bomb killed 23 people and wounded another 25 in a market in the Iraqi town of Balad on Sunday, the U.S. military said. A spokesman said the blast occurred near an Iraqi army checkpoint, adding the wounded were being rushed to hospital. Balad lies north of Baghdad.
An honour guard march under Iraq's new flag (centre) after it was raised for the first time in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous region of Kurdistan, February 10, 2008. A ...
