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           British military police found dead in Iraq

    BAGHDAD, Oct. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- The advisor of Iraq's industrial minister was killed by gunmen in Baghdad on Tuesday, a police source told Xinhua.

    "He was killed by unidentified gunmen in southeastern Baghdad, and no bodyguard was accompanying him," the source said, without revealing the advisor's name or other details.

    Insurgents have frequently targeted Iraqi government officials and policemen in a bid to topple the Shiite-dominated government. Enditem