A car bomb exploded yesterday at a Baghdad restaurant popular with police, killing at least seven people and wounding at least 82, and militants assassinated a top national security official.

A car bomb exploded outside a popular restaurant in northern Baghdad today, killing at least three people and injuring more than 70, hospital officials and witnesses said.

A car bomb detonated today outside a popular restaurant in northern Baghdad, killing and injuring an undetermined number of people, witnesses said.