Oct 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0930 GMT on Thursday.

BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber killed 11 people and wounded 22 in a blast that exploded in central Baghdad near a convoy belonging to the Iraqi minister of labour and social affairs, police said. The minister was unharmed.

BAQUBA - A bomb went off in a popular market in the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, wounding 15 people, police said.

HILLA - U.S. forces handed over control of Babil province south of Baghdad to Iraq, declaring an area once known as the "triangle of death" safe enough for Iraqi troops to take charge.

(Compiled by Aseel Kami)

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