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Terrorist Attacks in Algiers on UN 'kills dozens'
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'Dozens killed' in Algeria blasts
There are fears people are trapped in the debris
The Algerian capital, Algiers, has been rocked by two deadly bomb attacks, on the country's Constitutional Council and the offices of the United Nations.
Medical officials have said more than 60 people were killed, but Algeria's Interior Minister, Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, has only confirmed 22 deaths.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7137997.stm
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The bombs exploded around 9:30 a.m. (3:30 a.m. EST) and blew off the front off the U.N. refugee agency building, the main U.N. building housing the U.N. Development Program and other agencies across the street, and, in a different neighborhood, Algeria's Constitutional Council.
Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni said 22 people were killed and 177 people were wounded.
A national official at the civil protection agency who spoke on condition of anonymity said 45 people were killed. A doctor at one Algiers hospital who said he was in contact with staff at other area hospitals put the death toll at least 60.
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The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees reported in New York that two UNHCR drivers were killed. Earlier, U.N. officials said 12 U.N. employees were missing.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316391,00.html
ah heres a claim link-
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ALGIERS, Algeria (CNN) -- An al Qaeda-affiliated group has claimed responsibility for Wednesday's two bomb blasts in Algiers that the state-run news agency Algerie Presse Service said killed at least 24 people and wounded 222.
A spokesman for al Qaeda in the Maghreb (North Africa) made the claim in a telephone call to Arabic news channel Al-Jazeera, the broadcaster said.
An Islamist Web site that has carried statements and videos from al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations posted a claim that described three attacks allegedly carried out by "three martyrdom seekers of the Lions of Islam" -- members of al Qaeda in the Maghreb. CNN could not verify the claims.
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http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa...sts/index.html
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