A bomb exploded outside a Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 11 people, police sources said.

Interior Ministry sources said seven people were wounded in the blast in Baghdad's Tunis district. The sources said they were investigating reports the bomb was hidden in a motorcycle parked near the mosque.

Car bombs killed at least 10 people in Baghdad earlier yesterday in two separate attacks, police said, underlining the security challenge facing Iraq's still incomplete government.

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