11 killed in Baghdad bombing

A car bomb exploded today at the entrance to a fruit and vegetable market in south Baghdad, killing 11 people and wounding about 30, police and hospital officials said.

The blast occurred about 7am at the Rasheed market in the city's southern Dora area, which had been one of the most dangerous during the Sunni-Shiite fighting of two years ago. It follows a sharp rise in attacks in Iraq last month.