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7/15/2013, 11:50am  ET  Associated Press  BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi
authorities say attacks across the country have killed seven
people, including a 10-year-old boy, the latest in a surge of
violence.  Police said in Monday's deadliest attack, mortar
shells exploded near people swimming in the Tigris River, trying
to escape the summer heat. Four people were killed, including
the boy, and 11 others were wounded.  In the northern city of
Kirkuk, a policeman was killed and 11 other people were wounded,
including four civilians, when a car bomb went off near a
passing security patrol.  Also, gunmen sprayed a security
checkpoint with bullets just south of Baghdad, killing two
soldiers and wounding four others.