8 family members among 14 shot dead near Baghdad By Jomana Karadsheh, CNN January 16, 2014 -- Updated 2034 GMT (0434 HKT) Baghdad municipality workers clean up after a car bomb attack in downtown Baghdad, Iraq on 15 January. 14 are found dead north of Baghdad, police say They were taken by men in military uniforms, police say 11 others die in shootings and blasts elsewhere Baghdad (CNN) -- The bodies of 14 men shot dead -- and with some signs of torture -- were found in an area north of Baghdad on Thursday, police said. The men were taken Wednesday by armed men in military uniforms who raided the mainly Sunni town of Mashahda, police said. Iraq has been engulfed by sectarian violence for many months. According to police, eight of the men were from one family. In other parts of the country, at least 11 people died Thursday in shootings and explosions, police said. The incidents occurred in Mosul, Ramadi, Tikrit, Baquba, as well as Baghdad, police said. In Anbar province, to the west of Baghdad, mortar shells hit the city of Falluja on Thursday night Details about casualties, if any, weren't immediately available. Iraq's government has said its security forces have been fighting al Qaeda-backed militants in the city for days. January 16, 2014 -- Updated 1632 GMT (0032 HKT) Lighting up a freshly packed pipe is just the kind of afternoon delight iReporter robcat20 likes after dealing with a stressful day at work. January 16, 2014 -- Updated 0819 GMT (1619 HKT) Investigators have busted an international pedophile ring that charged people to watch live web broadcasts of Filipino children being sexually abused. January 16, 2014 -- Updated 1823 GMT (0223 HKT) An Ohio man is set to be put to death Thursday by a two-drug cocktail never before used in a U.S. execution. January 16, 2014 -- Updated 1859 GMT (0259 HKT)