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Deadly blasts in Algerian capital | |
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At least 20 people have died in two explosions in the Algerian capital, Algiers, officials have said. | |
The first explosion is reported to have happened in the centre of the city, near the country's Supreme Court. | |
That was followed shortly afterwards by a second blast at the United Nations offices in the Hydra neighbourhood. | |
A UN worker caught up in the Hydra blast told the BBC that part of the building was destroyed and it was feared people were trapped. | |
She said that a number of people had been hurt. | |
There is no word yet as to the cause of the blasts, nor any claim of responsibility. | |
Throughout 2007 there have been a series of bomb attacks across Algeria in which scores of people have died. | |
Those blasts have been claimed by members of al-Qaeda's North Africa wing, calling themselves al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb. | |
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