Tight security after Somali blast
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Somalia's interim government increases security around its base after an attempt to kill President Yusuf.
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A suspected suicide car bomb killed  at least four people near the Somali government seat of Baidoa  on Thursday, witnesses said, pushing up tensions in the chaotic  Horn of Africa nation some fear is sliding to war.
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NATO peacekeepers and Afghan police are preparing tight security over the Afghan capital as foreign dignitaries descend on Kabul for President Hamid Karzai&#39;s inauguration on Tuesday.
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An explosion on Sunday hit a small airport in Nairobi mainly used by tourists and aid workers, but Kenyan police said there were no injuries.
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BOSASSO, Somalia  -- An explosion killed at least 20 people and wounded a hundred more on Tuesday in a northern Somali port where Somali and Ethiopian immigrants begin the dangerous crossing to Yemen, a regional official said.
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KISMAYU, Somalia  - A roadside bomb killed two Somalis and two foreign aid workers working for the Dutch arm of Medecins Sans Frontieres near the southern Somali port of Kismayu on Monday, witnesses said.
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A large blast killed two civilians in Mogadishu on Monday close to the venue for next month's planned peace conference that has already been delayed twice over security fears, police said.
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At least six explosions rocked the Somali capital, Mogadishu, on Friday, witnesses said, a day after Ugandan peacekeepers started arriving in the lawless Horn of Africa country.
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A roadside bomb wounded at least 12 Somali soldiers in Baidoa and two people were killed in violence in Mogadishu on Saturday.
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The Somali government took a fresh  step toward establishing itself on home soil on Sunday when a  second team of officials including a senior minister flew from  Kenya to Mogadishu to assess security in the failed state.
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BAIDOA, Somalia  - Somali police stepped up   investigations on Tuesday to discover who was behind the   country's first known suicide bombing, which targeted interim   President Abdullahi Yusuf.
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France tightened security around embassies Friday after a bomb outside the Indonesian Embassy slightly injured nine people in a pre-dawn explosion that shattered neighborhood windows and puzzled police.
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Four people including two foreign aid workers have been killed in a blast in southern Somalia, reports say.
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Somali authorities are questioning two suspects over a suicide attack in Baidoa, where the country's weak government is based, as war fears grew in the shattered African nation.
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France tightened security around its embassies Friday after a bomb outside the Indonesian Embassy slightly injured nine people in a pre-dawn explosion that shattered neighborhood windows and puzzled police.
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KABUL : A heavy security clampdown was enforced in the Afghan capital after the bombing of a US firm left at least seven dead and 28 wounded, and raised new fears about security just weeks before elections.
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The Somali Shabeelle web site today reported under its "Breaking news" strapline that "two explosions have taken place near the SOS hospital in Mogadishu". It says it currently has no details concerning any damage or casualties.  (c) 2007 BBC Monitoring Newsfile.