Gunmen killed three policemen and a government worker walking to work in Baghdad, officials said today, one day after four suicide car bombings killed 22 people.

GUNMEN killed two journalists south of Baghdad yesterday, and militiamen loyal to a radical Shi’ite cleric dug in for a confrontation with US troops, clashing with soldiers in two holy cities.

An appeal court has upheld the conviction for treason of a Kuwaiti officer who headed a short-lived puppet government after Iraq's 1990 invasion.