BAGHDAD, Nov. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- One US soldier was killed and two others were wounded on Friday when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in central Baghdad, according to the US military.

    The 1st Armored Division troops came under attack when their convoy was struck by an improvised explosive at 8:20 a.m. (0520 GMT), the military said in a statement.

    One soldier died and two others received shrapnel wounds, it added.

    The death brings to 160 the number of US soldiers killed by hostile fire in Iraq since US President George W. Bush declared the major combat over on May 1. Enditem