Twin bombings in Iraq kill 7, injure 51

RAMADI: A car bomb followed minutes later by a suicide bombing in the western Iraq city of Ramadi Monday killed at least seven people, four of them police, and wounded 51, a police official said.

"A car bomb exploded near the Anbar provincial government offices around 9:30 am (0630 GMT) followed about 15 minutes later by a suicide bombing," said a police spokesman, Rahim Zebinem.

"Seven people were killed, including four police, and 51 were injured, among them women and children."