Baghdad, August 11, SPA -- Eight people were killed Monday when a roadsidebomb exploded near the Iraqi city of Baquba, north-east of Baghdad, asecurity source in Diyala province said. The bomb hit a public transport vehicle in the Wajihiya area ofMuqdadiya district, some 45 kilometres northeast of Baquba, killingfive women and three men, according to the source. Separately, a US soldier and four civilians were killed in adouble-bombing attack in the northern Baghdad area of Tarmiyah onSunday, the US military said in a statement Monday quoted by DPA.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/581171