The governor of the Iraqi district of Niniveh survived an assassination attempt in the city of Mosul Sunday, but two other people were killed in the explosions and nine others injured, dpa quoted police as saying. In other bombings and attacks across the country an additional 14 people were killed and 20 injured. They followed massive blasts in the southern city of Basra late Saturday which left 45 dead, though the cause for that blast was still being investigated. The assassination attempt in Mosul, around 400 kilometres north of Baghdad, saw two bombs target Governor Atheel al-Najifi's convoy in the centre of the city. The area is ethnically diverse and is a regular scene of militant attacks. In the eastern part of the city, three policemen were killed in clashes with militants, police said, while in the al-Wahda neighbourhood, a bomb killed one man and injured his wife. Iraq's western region also saw attacks and seven people were killed and eight others injured by a suicide bomber driving an explosives laden car in the city of Ramadi, around 120 kilometres outside Baghdad. -- SPA
