Maldives President unharmed in knife attack
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A young man lunged at Maldives President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom with a kitchen knife on Tuesday in what his spokesman called an assassination attempt, but he was unharmed.
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The Maldives said on Monday 52 people,  including two British tourists, had drowned in tsunami waves  that struck the Indian Ocean archipelago on Sunday, and has  evacuated six of its 200 inhabited islands completely.
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KABUL, Afghanistan -- Warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum escaped unhurt yesterday from a suicide bomb attack that injured more than 20 people gathered for prayers in his northern hometown of Sheberghan.
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An Islamic militant involved in an  assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf a year ago  has escaped from custody, triggering a nationwide hunt,  Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Tuesday.
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The Nairobi residence of the newly elected Somali president is attacked by unknown gunmen.
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An Indonesian Muslim militant who was serving 20 years for the bombing of a Sulawesi karaoke bar has escaped from jail, a prison official said on Monday.
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Srinagar, October 24: National Conference president Omar Abdullah on Sunday escaped an attempt on his life when militants triggered a powerful blast as he reached a graveyard in Anantnag district to attend a ceremony for slain party leader.
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Somalia's interim government increases security around its base after an attempt to kill President Yusuf.
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BAIDOA, Somalia  - A car bomb killed five people   and wounded several others outside parliament in Somalia's   provincial capital Baidoa on Monday in an assassination attempt   on President Abdullahi Yusuf.
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An Islamic militant involved in an assassination attempt on President Pervez Musharraf a year ago has escaped from custody, triggering a nationwide hunt, Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said Tuesday.
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Afghan Vice President Namatullah Shahrani was unharmed when a bomb went off on his way to a road project in northeastern part of the country, local officials said Monday.
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An alleged militant accused of trying to assassinate Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf escapes from jail, the authorities say.
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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan  - The governor of Afghanistan's most important southern province escaped unscathed from a roadside bomb on Monday, but three civilians were wounded in the attack, his office said in a statement.
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Somalia's trade minister and former defense minister escaped assassination attempts, which killed two other people, in the latest Iraq-style guerrilla attacks on government targets, witnesses said on Wednesday.
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Benazir Bhutto escaped unhurt after two suicide bombers struck her vehicle in Karachi.
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ISLAMABAD -- President General Pervez Musharraf survived an apparent assassination attempt yesterday when shots were fired at his aircraft as it took off from a military base, authorities and witnesses said.
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The president of the Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, has escaped an assassination attempt, a presidential spokesman said.