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muriel_volestrangler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 08:03 AM
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Somali leader survives bomb blast
An apparent bid to assassinate Somalia's interim president has killed at least five people outside parliament in the town of Baidoa.

A suspected car bomb went off soon after a convoy left carrying President Abdullahi Yusuf, but the leader is said to have escaped unharmed.

A second bomb exploded near the first, setting at least five cars ablaze.

Mr Yusuf has strained relations with an Islamist group which controls much of southern Somalia.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/5356126.stm
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