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Two Afghan Blasts Kill 12

   VOA News 21 March 2010

   Afghan  officials  say  a  suicide  bomber  has  killed ten people and
   wounded seven in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.
   Local  authorities  say  the  bomber  may  have been targeting an army
   vehicle,  but  set  off  his explosives in an area where civlians were
   attending Nowruz gatherings to celebrate the new year.
   Separately, two people were killed and at least two other were injured
   in an explosion in Khost province in southeastern Afghanistan.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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