US AND British troops clashed yesterday with forces of radical Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr for a second day, and four Iraqis were killed in an explosion in a Baghdad market.

Three British soldiers were injured in a blast in Basra as coalition troops clashed with forces of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr for a second day today. Four Iraqis were killed in an explosion in Baghdad.