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The moon passes between the sun and the earth behind a windmill near Albuquerque, New Mexico May 20, 2012. The sun and moon aligned over the earth in a rare astronomical event - an annular eclipse that dimmed the skies over parts of Asia and North America, briefly turning the sun into a blazing ring of fire. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY)

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The Town Hall building on Sant' Agostino near Ferrara is seen damaged after an earthquake May 20, 2012. A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy early on Sunday morning, causing at least three deaths and collapsing rural factories and ancient bell towers in towns. REUTERS/Giorgio Benvenuti

Quake in Italy

A strong earthquake rocked a large swathe of northern Italy.  Slideshow 

A police officer swings a baton at protesters during an anti-NATO protest march in Chicago May 20, 2012. Baton-swinging police officers clashed with anti-war protesters at the start of the NATO summit on Sunday, beating some and dragging others away. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Anti-NATO clashes

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FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

Sat Jul 21, 2007 8:41am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Saturday:

* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed six insurgents and wounded five others overnight in a helicopter strike near the town of Husseiniyah north of Baghdad, the military said.

* MAHMUDIYA - A car bomb killed two people and wounded seven others in the town of Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A mortar attack killed two people and wounded five in eastern Baghdad, police said.

* KIRKUK - A roadside bomb wounded two policemen in the northern city of Kirkuk, police.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army said it had killed 13 insurgents in the city of Baquba, capital of Diyala province.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army said it killed five insurgents and detained 46 others in an operation in eastern Diyala, near the Iranian border. It was unclear when the operation began.

BAGHDAD - Police found 16 bodies in Baghdad on Friday, mostly victims of sectarian death squads.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died as a result of wounds suffered from an explosion near his vehicle in Diyala province on Friday, the U.S. military said.

RAMADI - Iraqi police killed four insurgents from al Qaeda in Iraq when they chased their car on the highway in Western Anbar province on Friday, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen killed one civilian in a drive-by shooting in Hawija, southwest of Kirkuk on Friday, police said.

DIWANIYAH - The body of policeman was found after he was kidnapped in the Shi'ite city of Diwaniyah on Friday, police said.

BAGHDAD - A police captain was killed in southern Baghdad on Friday, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed one civilian and wounded three when they opened fire in a southern Baghdad area, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded four civilians when it targeted an ambulance in southern Baghdad, police said.

MAHMUDIYA - Mortars killed one person and wounded five others on Friday in Mahmudiya, police said.

KIRKUK - A booby-trapped body killed a policeman and civilian in al-Rashad, a town near Kirkuk, police said.
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