Iraq violence

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Friday he is weighing a range of options for halting a violent Islamic insurgency in Iraq, but he warned that American military action alone cannot stabilize the country.

Bombings and shootings around Iraq's capital, Baghdad, killed at least 21 people and wounded dozens Thursday, officials said.

The United Nations mission to Iraq says more than 1,000 people were killed in violence in the country last month -- the highest monthly death toll in years.