REUTERS AND AP REPORT: MORE KILLINGS AND SHOOTINGS IN IRAQ

The mainstream media has gone back to their round-the-clock coverage of the Presidential race, but there has been an outbreak of violence in Iraq after three relatively calm days.

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News Current Time in Baghdad: 8:55:23 PM
04/02/08 Reuters: Gunmen killl 2 women killed in Baghdad
Gunmen killed two female employees from a private company when they opened fire on their car in Baghdad, police said. A man was wounded in the attack.

04/02/08 Reuters: Bomb-making factory found in northern Iraq
The U.S. military said it had discovered 15 weapons caches and a bomb-making factory in northern Iraq on Tuesday.

04/02/08 Reuters: Car bomb wounds 3 policemen in eastern Mosul
A car bomb wounded three policeman in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said

04/02/08 Reuters: 3 Policemen wounded by IED in northern Baghdad
A roadside bomb exploded at a police checkpoint in the Qahira neighbourhood in northern Baghdad, wounding three policemen, police said.

04/02/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill 4 people, kidnap 4 others near Dhuluiya
Gunmen killed four people and kidnapped four others at a fake checkpoint near Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad. Those kidnapped included Sheikh Ali Dhaher, a tribal leader, said Lieutenant-Colonel Muhammad Jasim of the Dhuluiya police.

04/02/08 AP: Baghdad bomb kills three, injures Iraqi cameraman
Three people were killed and another 13 wounded, including a cameraman with Iraq's independent Al-Diyar satellite television, in a roadside bombing in Baghdad on Wednesday, officials said.

04/02/08 AP: Al-Sadr stronghold brims with confidence
Black banners announcing the deaths of Mahdi Army fighters plaster the streets. Scores of Shiite militiamen gather at the funeral of a fallen comrade as a U.S. helicopter gunship hover menacingly above.

04/02/08 AFP: Iraq to spend 590 million dollars on weapons, kit
Iraq is expected to buy more than 590 million dollars in military equipment in 2008, including weapons and ammunition, the US military said on Wednesday.

04/02/08 dpa: Two reporters injured in Iraq attacks
An Iraqi reporter was seriously injured Wednesday in a landmine explosion in east Baghdad, according to the Iraqi Journalistic Freedoms Observatory (JFO), while another was injured by a sniper in the southern city of Basra.

04/02/08 Reuters: Bomb explodes near top Iraq generals in Basra
A roadside bomb exploded near a convoy carrying Iraqi generals in a Shi'ite militia stronghold in the southern city of Basra on Wednesday, but the officials were unhurt, one of the officers said.

04/02/08 Reuters: 8 neighbourhood police killed, three wounded on Tuesday
The U.S. military said eight members of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood police patrol were killed and three wounded on Tuesday while they were moving a bomb they had found in Shirqat town,

04/02/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill teacher in Mahmudiya
Gunmen in a car shot dead a teacher and wounded his son on Tuesday in the town of Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

04/02/08 Reuters: Two bodies found in Baghdad on Tuesday
Iraqi police found two bodies in different areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

04/02/08 KUNA: MoD paid 3.3 million pounds in Iraq compensation
Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has paid out more than three million pounds in compensation to Iraqis killed or injured by British troops since 2003, figures released by the Department showed Wednesday.

04/02/08 guardian: Iraqi forces move into Shia stronghold
Iraqi government forces entered a Shia militant stronghold in the southern city of Basra today, which has been rocked by fierce internecine clashes in recent weeks. The move against the Mahdi army, the militia supporting the Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr...

04/02/08 LATimes: Iraq showdown made Sadr stronger, backers say
In a stucco compound at the center of the Sadr City neighborhood here, a follower of radical Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada Sadr gleefully handed out candies and toffees to visitors Monday.

04/02/08 WaPo: Ballet amid the bullets in Iraq
In an airy studio lined with mirrors, little girls in pink leotards and boys in black shorts and white T-shirts pull themselves up as straight as they can and push their toes out into first position.