April 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1630 GMT on Saturday:

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* BAQUBA - Police in the town of Baquba, north of Baghdad, said they found nine bodies with gunshot wounds and showing signs of torture. They said another 18 had been spotted in a river running through the town. It was unclear if the victims were from a mass kidnapping.

DIWANIYA - U.S. and Iraqi troops fought gunmen for a second day in Diwaniya. A source at the local hospital said it had received a total of 13 bodies and 41 wounded in the past 48 hours. This included six people killed in a missile strike on a home in the city centre. The U.S. military said only one person had been killed when a warplane fired on gunmen carrying rocket -propelled grenade launchers.

BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi troops raided a house belonging to a Sunni political party in Baghdad and seized a large number of weapons, including bomb-making equipment and rockets, the U.S. military said on Saturday. Sources in the Sunni Accordance Front said it belonged to Khalaf Alian, a leading member of the political bloc.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol in eastern Baghdad killed one policeman and wounded two, police said.

SAMARRA - A suicide bomber targeting an Iraqi security forces checkpoint killed five people near Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - The body of a mosque imam was found in a northern suburb of Baquba, about 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. The imam had been kidnapped two days ago.

TAL AFAR - Seven bodies were found with gunshot wounds to the head in Tal Afar, about 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad. One of the bodies was decapitated, police said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded, killing one person and wounding five in Baghdad's Shi'ite Sadr City.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed one U.S. soldier and wounded three others when it exploded in western Baghdad on Friday, the U.S. military said.

RAMADI - The death toll from a chlorine truck bomb attack on a police checkpoint in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Friday rose to 12 civilians, the U.S. military said. The blast wounded 43, including eight women and five children.

BAGHDAD - An explosively formed projectile killed one U.S. soldier and wounded four when it blew up next to a U.S. patrol in eastern Baghdad on Friday, the U.S. military said.

HIMREEN - Gunmen kidnapped 10 people who were travelling in a minivan near Himreen, 100 km (60 miles) south of Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - The bodies of 11 people were found dumped across Baghdad on Friday, police said.

SUWAYRA - Insurgents killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded six others when they attacked an Iraqi army base on Friday evening near Suwayra, just south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed Muhannad Ibrahim, a public works engineer, in front of his home on Friday in southern Baghdad's Saidiya district, police said.

NUMANIYA - Police retrieved two bodies from a small river near the town of Numaniya, 120 km (72 miles) south of Baghdad, on Friday, police said. The men had numerous gunshot wounds.

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:

A ministerial meeting between Iraq, its neighbours and world powers to follow up earlier talks aimed at stabilising the country will be held in Egypt in the first week of May, Iraq's foreign minister said.

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