United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has arrived in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on a surprise visit.

He is expected to meet Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari and other members of the Iraqi government.

Mr Annan arrived as the latest car bombing killed least three people and wounded another 12 at a market in south-eastern Baghdad. Eyewitnesses said the explosion had started fires in several shops in the market, trapping people inside.

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