Deadly blasts hit Iraq checkpoint

Two bombs have exploded near a checkpoint run by government-allied Sunni militiamen in western Iraq, killing at least 11 people in the latest strike by militants seeking to destabilise the country.

The twin blasts struck shortly before midday in the village of Zangoura, which is just south of the former insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, some 115 kms (70 miles) west of Baghdad, said police.