As Iraqis awaited the inauguration of their new national unity government, roadside bombs and other attacks killed 10 Iraqis and wounded 26 people today, including a US soldier riding through Baghdad in a minesweeper.

Three explosions occurred outside the heavily guarded Green Zone in Baghdad today, killing seven Iraqi civilians and wounding eight others, a US official said.

A drive-by shooting killed a Shiite baker heading to work in Baghdad today, and the bullet-ridden bodies of four Iraqis were found in the capital.

A drive-by shooting killed a Shiite baker in Baghdad today. The bodies of two other Iraqis were found in the capital.

Gunmen lined up 14 employees working at an electronics trading company in Baghdad this morning and shot them all, killing eight and wounding six, police said.

Unidentified gunmen opened fire in a trading company in an upmarket Baghdad neighbourhood today, killing eight employees and wounding six.

At least 24 bodies – many of them strangled – were found dumped in parts of Baghdad, Iraqi police said today.

At least 23 bodies – many of them hanged – were found dumped in parts of Baghdad today, Iraqi police said.

At least seven people were reported killed and 11 injured today in scattered bombings, mortar and gun fire in Iraq’s beleaguered capital, police said.

A series of explosions rocked Baghdad today, killing at least two people and injuring 10.

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt today in a line of Iraqis waiting to receive government payments, killing 10 people and wounding about 40, including children, police said.

A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt today in a line of people waiting to receive government payments, killing six other people and wounding about 30, including children.

Four US Marines died in a pair of roadside bombings in western Iraq’s volatile Anbar province, the military said today. Another explosion killed two Iraqi civilians south of Baghdad.

A bomb exploded alongside a group of Iraqi men waiting for work in eastern Baghdad today, killing at least eight and wounding more than 50.

Gunmen killed the wife and two sons of a Sunni Arab cleric north of Baghdad, while a baker was shot dead inside his bakery in the Iraqi capital, police said today.