Armed gunman killed in bomb blast

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Security sources in Ninewa province said today that an armed gunman was killed by the bomb he tried to implant west of Mosul.   The source told IraqiNews.com that the bomb exploded while he was trying to bury it in the ground on the main street in Talafar, west of Mosul.   Talafar, is away 60 km west of Mosul, center of Ninewa province that lies 405 km north of the capital, Baghdad. RM (TP)/SR 545