Baqouba, Iraq, Feb 23, SPA -- Gunmen pulled factory workers offbuses northeast of Baghdad and killed 47 of them, a provincial council member said. The victims who worked for a brick factory were travelingin three buses when they were stopped at a checkpoint inthe Nahrawan area, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) south ofBaqouba, and killed, said Dhari Thuban, a member of theDiyala Provincial Council, according to a report of the Associated Press.--SPA 14 19 Local Time 11 19 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/333940