BAGHDAD, Jan 2, SPA -- A female suicide bomber wearingan explosive vest struck a checkpoint of neighbourhood patrolvolunteers in Baquba, capital of Iraq's restive Diyala province,killing 10 people and wounding eight on Wednesday, reuters quoted police sources as saying. It was the latest in a wave of suicide bomb attacks that hasappeared to intensify in recent days and weeks, even as overalllevels of violence in Iraq have fallen. Two policemen and four patrol volunteers were among thedead, police said. Among those killed was Abdul-Rafaa al-Nidawi,whom police described as the coordinator between U.S. forces andthe volunteer patrols in the city. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/513970