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| Algerian bombing ahead of games | |
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| A bomb has exploded in Algeria killing eight people in the east of the North African country which is hosting the All-Africa Games. | A bomb has exploded in Algeria killing eight people in the east of the North African country which is hosting the All-Africa Games. |
| The explosion occurred on Wednesday morning near a military barracks. | The explosion occurred on Wednesday morning near a military barracks. |
| According to Reuters news agency, the bomb went off near Bouira town - 120km east of the capital, Algiers. | According to Reuters news agency, the bomb went off near Bouira town - 120km east of the capital, Algiers. |
| Correspondents say some 8,000 athletes representing more than 20 sports are in the country. The opening ceremony is due to take place on Wednesday evening. | Correspondents say some 8,000 athletes representing more than 20 sports are in the country. The opening ceremony is due to take place on Wednesday evening. |
| The BBC's Inas Mazhar in the capital says security is extremely tight in the city in preparation for the event. | |
| Eyewitnesses told AFP news agency that a suicide bomber drove a vehicle at high speed into the army barracks in Lakhdaria, near Bouira. | |
| In April, an organisation called al-Qaeda in the Maghreb claimed responsibility for two blasts in Algiers which killed more than 20 people ahead of elections. | |
| President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, whose party won the polls, launched a programme of national reconciliation in 2005, following years of a violent Islamist insurgency. |