Oct 2 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq reported on Monday as of 1930 GMT.

Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.

*BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died on Monday of wounds sustained due to small arms fire in Baghdad; a second one died on Sunday of wounds sustained when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb west of Baghdad, the military said in separate statements.

BAQUBA - Iraqi troops detained 59 wanted suspects in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles), northeast of Baghdad, Brigadier Shaker Hulail al-Kabi said.

BAGHDAD - Thirteen bodies were found with gunshot wounds in different districts of Baghdad on Monday, a source in the Interior Ministry said. Fifty had been found on Sunday.

BAGHDAD - A mortar round killed a civilian and wounded three others on northern Baghdad's Morocco street, an Interior Ministry source said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen seriously wounded two policemen when they attacked a police checkpoint in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

HAWIJA - A roadside bomb wounded two firefighters when it exploded near a fire station in the town of Hawija, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing camouflage uniforms snatched 14 people from computer stores in central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi Islamic Party, the most prominent among the Sunni minority, said all 26 people kidnapped from a meat processing factory in Baghdad's Amel district on Sunday were Sunnis and were found dead in south Baghdad on Monday. Police, however, said four of the 26 had managed to escape and they had said that some of their 22 colleagues were Shi'ites. Their fate was unclear, an Interior Ministry official said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed three people and wounded eight in the Saadoun district in central Baghdad, police said.

NEAR SUWAYRA - Police found the bodies of four people shot dead near Suwayra, police said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb targeting a police patrol killed two people and wounded two in the Waziriya district of northern Baghdad, police said.

BASRA - A British soldier was killed and another wounded in an attack on their base in Basra, 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad on Sunday, the British Ministry of Defence said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed Faris Khalil, a colonel in the Interior Ministry, in central Baghdad, police said.

ISHAQI - Gunmen killed three men in Ishaqi, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday, local officials said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeted an Iraqi army patrol, wounding three soldiers in the Yarmouk district of western Baghdad, a source in the Interior Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded a civilian in eastern Baghdad, a source in the Interior Ministry said.

DHULUIYA - Gunmen killed a man on Sunday in the town of Dhuluiya, 40 km (25 miles) north of Baghdad, local officials said.

NEAR BAGHDAD - Gunmen kidnapped two people on Sunday just north of Baghdad, local officials said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed a policeman in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

ANBAR PROVINCE - Two U.S. marines, one from a combat unit and the other from a headquarters unit, died on Sunday from wounds sustained due to enemy action in Anbar province, the U.S. military said. A third, also from the headquarters unit, died in a vehicle accident.

SUWAYRA - Seven headless bodies were retrieved from the Tigris downstream from Baghdad at Suwayra, 40 km (25 miles) south of the capital, police said. All had their hands tied.

NEAR KUT - Gunmen attacked a police patrol, killing two officers and wounding three, 40 km (25 miles) south of Kut, capital of the mainly Shi'ite central province of Wasit, police said.

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:

BAGHDAD - Parliament renewed the government's emergency powers for a month. Contrary to expectations, it did not conduct a second reading of a bill on regional autonomy.

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