Mortar Attack Kills 12 in Baghdad

Iraqi police say a mortar attack has killed 12 people in mainly Shi'ite eastern Baghdad.They say Sunday's barrage wounded 31 people. Mortar attacks north of the capital Saturday killed seven people.Iraqi President Jalal Talabani met Saturday with representatives of the country's Shi'ite Muslims, Sunni Arabs and Kurds in an attempt to revive national reconciliation efforts and to repair the divided government.Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi attended the meeting, but was not persuaded to return his Iraqi Accordance Front party to the government.The party withdrew earlier this month from the Cabinet of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.