At least 14 people were killed and more than 60 injured Monday in two car bombings near the offices of two political parties in northern Iraq, local media reported, according to dpa. A truck and a car exploded within minutes of each other at a security checkpoint located beside the offices of the Kurdish and communist parties in the area of Tuz Khurmato, 170 kilometres north of Baghdad, the Alsumaria News website reported On Saturday, 17 people were killed in a bombing at the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan party north-east of Baghdad.