Car bomber kills 9 at Tikrit checkpoint

MOSUL, Iraq - A provincial spokesman says a suicide attack against a security checkpoint north of Baghdad has killed at least nine people.The spokesman for Salahuddin province, Ali al-Hamdani, says the suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car during rush hour Sunday morning into the main checkpoint at the southern entrance of the provincial capital, Tikrit.Al-Hamdani said five female students, a woman and three policemen were killed. He added that 25 other people were wounded.No g