Bombings kill 33

TIKRIT – Bombings and shootings in central Iraq and Baghdad, including twin suicide truck bomb attacks on leading figures in the fight against Al Qaeda, killed at least 33 Iraqis, officials said yesterday.

Rebels lose 4 * KHARTOUM – The only Darfur rebel group to have signed a peace deal with Khartoum said that four of its fighters were killed repelling an attack on a town by Sudanese government forces as violence mounts ahead of new peace talks this month. Renewed violence * MADRID – A car exploded in Spain’s northern Basque Country, wounding a bodyguard, just days after a separatist leader warned of renewed violence in response to a police crackdown, regional authorities said.India crisis averted * NEW DELHI – A crisis in India’s coalition appeared to ease after politicians agreed to more talks on a nuclear energy pact with the United States that has threatened to tear the government apart.Anniversary marked * SEOUL – North Korea marked the first anniversary of the nuclear test that made it globally ostracised and the target of painful sanctions by calling it a ‘great miracle’ for all Koreans.Aid workers struggle * KINSHASA – United Nations aid workers struggle to deliver food to thousands of civilians cut off by fighting in Congo’s North Kivu province as rebel soldiers battle government troops after abandoning a ceasefire.Nampa-AFPRenewed violence * MADRID – A car exploded in Spain’s northern Basque Country, wounding a bodyguard, just days after a separatist leader warned of renewed violence in response to a police crackdown, regional authorities said.India crisis averted * NEW DELHI – A crisis in India’s coalition appeared to ease after politicians agreed to more talks on a nuclear energy pact with the United States that has threatened to tear the government apart.Anniversary marked * SEOUL – North Korea marked the first anniversary of the nuclear test that made it globally ostracised and the target of painful sanctions by calling it a ‘great miracle’ for all Koreans.Aid workers struggle * KINSHASA – United Nations aid workers struggle to deliver food to thousands of civilians cut off by fighting in Congo’s North Kivu province as rebel soldiers battle government troops after abandoning a ceasefire.Nampa-AFP