May 17 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Saturday:

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* BAGHDAD - A rocket killed a woman and wounded three children when it hit a house in the eastern Baghdad Shi'ite slum of Sadr City on Friday night, police said.

* BAQUBA - A female suicide bomber wounded 15 people at a checkpoint run by a U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol in Baquba, 65 km (42 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. A car bomb exploded at the scene soon after, wounding one policeman, police said.

* SULAIMANIYA PROVINCE - A few Iranian artillery shells were fired at the border area of Iraq's Sulaimaniya Province, an official said. Some anti-Iranian rebels operate from the area.

NEAR BASRA - Eight bodies, all with gunshot wounds, were found in a mass grave west of the southern city of Basra, police said. It included six people who were identified as having been kidnapped last year. Basra is 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Four bodies were found in different districts of Baghdad on Friday, police said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb killed a man driving his car and also wounded his wife and two children in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay, Editing by Dean Yates)

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