In Iraq, 7 people have been killed and 25 others injured in two car bomb blasts outside Baghdad's Green Zone. According to Baghdad military spokesman Maj. Gen. Qassim al-Moussawi, the bombers targeted the motorcades of two senior government officials. The cars blew up just outside a security checkpoint on a heavily travelled road leading into the Green Zone from Baghdad's international airport. Earlier two more bombings and jewelry heist left three more dead and 15 wounded.