Assailants attack in Iraq's north and south

A roadside bomb hit an Iraqi police
patrol Sunday in a southern city and gunmen opened fire on
a coffee shop in the north, leaving at least one dead and
injuring four others countrywide.
Officials summoned Iraq's newly elected lawmakers for a
Tuesday meeting where parliament is expected to name top
leaders of the country's first freely elected government in
half a decade.
Violence persisted on Sunday, with assailants opening fire
on a cafe popular with ethnic Kurds in Kirkuk, killing one
and injuring three, said Brig. Sarhat Kadre of the police
force in the city 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of
Baghdad.