July 29 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Sunday:

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* BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed by small arms fire north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

* BASRA - Insurgents blew up a replica statue of the famous Lion of Babylon artefact in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces arrested two men in a car filled with explosives in the eastern Baghdad district of Zayouna, police said. The men were accused of waiting to target soccer fans celebrating Iraq's appearance in the Asian Cup final.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol wounded four people, including a soldier, in Baghdad's Zayouna area, police said.

* KIRKUK - A mortar bomb wounded five people in a residential area of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.

BAGHDAD - The bodies of 20 people were found in different areas of Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

BAGHDAD - Three people were wounded by a mortar round which fell near the former residence of the French ambassador near al-Mesbah intersection in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed eight suspected insurgents and detained 22 others during operations targeting al Qaeda members in Baghdad, Samarra, Tikrit, Yusufiya and Tarmiya, the U.S. military said.

NEAR TUZ KHURMATO - Gunmen killed eight people and wounded two others on Saturday in a drive-by shooting in a Turkman village near the town of Tuz Khurmato, about 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

KUT - Gunmen killed a policeman in the city of Kut, 170 km (105 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers arrested 44 suspected insurgents during the past 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

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