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12 Killed In Double Bombing In Bouira, Algeria

Twelve civilians were killed and dozens were wounded in a double bombing yesterday in the city of Bouira, 120 km southeast of the capital Algiers.

The first explosion occurred when a car bomb crashed into a bus transporting Algerian workers to the facility of SNC-Lavalin, a Canadian engineering company, and the second explosion was in front of a military building.

Source: El-Khabar, Algeria, August 21, 2008

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