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Suicide bomber kills 13 at Baghdad Shiite mosque

Baghdad, Iraq: A suicide bomber killed 13 people at a Shiite mosque in central Baghdad Tuesday while violence elsewhere in Iraq left four dead, the latest in a protracted surge in bloodshed.

The bomber blew himself up at the entrance to the mosque in the capital's Shorja district as worshippers were performing ablutions ahead of midday prayers.

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