Iraq VP survives bomb
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Iraq's Shi'ite vice president and a cabinet minister were wounded in an apparent assassination attempt on Monday when a bomb killed six people at a ministry in Baghdad where they were attending a ceremony.
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TIKRIT, Iraq  - The governor of Iraq's Salahuddin province escaped an assassination attempt on Monday that, if successful, would have made him the third regional governor to be killed this month, police said.
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Guerrillas detonated a roadside bomb in  Baghdad on Tuesday as the convoy of the Baghdad governor was  passing, killing one bystander, witnesses and police at the  scene said.
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BAGRAM, Afghanistan -- An explosion outside the main US military base in Afghanistan killed 19 people and wounded 11 early today during a visit by Vice President Dick Cheney, though the vice president was apparently not in danger, US and Afghan officials said.
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BAGHDAD  - Six more foreigners were kidnapped and a US soldier died in a roadside bomb in another day of mayhem, as Iraqis tracked the news that George W. Bush has won another term as US president.
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were the first suicide bombings inside what is supposed to be the safest place in Iraq. personnel and a US civilian. He did not give the nationalities of the other casualties.
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A lawmaker who defied Syria and voted against extending President Emile Lahoud&#39;s term survived an assassination attempt Friday when a parked, explosives-rigged vehicle blew up in Beirut.
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A bomb exploded near the office of a senior Shi&#39;ite cleric in the Iraqi holy city of Kerbala on Wednesday, killing eight people and wounding 32 in a failed attempt on the cleric&#39;s life, officials said.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai&#39;s running mate in Saturday&#39;s presidential election escaped unhurt when a bomb exploded near his convoy in the northern city of Faizabad.
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Vice President Dick Cheney was whisked into a bomb shelter immediately after a Taliban suicide bomber struck the main American military base he was visiting in Afghanistan on Tuesday.
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claimed one of its suicide bombers was behind Tuesday&#39;s attack, in which 57 people were wounded. &quot;A suicide bomber has not been ruled out,&quot; a US Army official said later in Washington.
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An Afghan vice-president survived an assassination attempt on Monday when a remotely controlled device was detonated near his convoy, while two soldiers from the US-led coalition were killed in a separate gun battle.
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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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Vice President Cheney was shuttled into a bomb shelter at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan this morning after a suicide bomber blew himself up outside the main gate in an attack Taliban officials say was aimed at the vice president.
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Guerrillas detonated a roadside bomb in Baghdad on Tuesday as the convoy of the Baghdad governor was passing, killing one bystander, witnesses and police at the scene said.
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September 2, 2004 -- BAGHDAD - Iraqi politician Ahmad Chalabi escaped an assassination squad unharmed yesterday after a hail of bullets killed two of his bodyguards.
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The US military said on Saturday it had &quot;absolute confirmation&quot; that Tareq Aziz, Iraq&#39;s former deputy prime minister, was still alive.