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Bomb blast kills 12, mostly Afghan civilians
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KABUL ? A remote-controlled bomb targeting a police convoy killed 12 people Monday in western Afghanistan, a day after three American soldiers died in a complex militant ambush in the country's east. The bomb blast Monday occurred in the city of Herat. ...http://thingsulike2know.blogspot.com/2009/08/bomb-blast-kills-12-mostly-afghan.html

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