Afghan Election Hopeful Survives Assassination Attempt
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A convoy carrying Afghan President Hamid Karzaiâs vice presidential running-mate came under attack today in north-eastern Afghanistan, the presidential palace said.
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SRINAGAR: The head of held Kashmir&#39;s main opposition party, Omar Abdullah, survived an assassination bid Sunday for the second time in a month when rebels exploded a bomb a few steps away from him, police said.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running  mate for Saturday's historic presidential election escaped  unhurt Wednesday when a mine exploded under his convoy in the  remote northeast of the country.  Vice presidential candidate Ahmad Zia Masood, the brother of  assassinated resistance hero Ahmad Shah Masood, had gone to  Faizabad, the capital of mountainous Badakhshan province, for a  campaign rally.
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Attackers bombed a convoy carrying Afghan President Hamid Karzai's running mate in northeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding five on the last day of campaigning before this weekend's landmark election.
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Afghan warlord General Abdul Rashid Dostum escapes an apparent assassination attempt, say reports.
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A convoy carrying Afghan President Hamid Karzai's vice presidential running-mate came under attack Wednesday in northeastern Afghanistan, the presidential palace and other officials said, the third attack on Karzai's supporters ahead of landmark weekend elections.
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An Afghan vice president survived an  assassination attempt Monday when a remotely controlled device  was detonated near his convoy, while two soldiers from the  U.S.-led coalition were killed in a separate gunbattle.
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The head of Indian Kashmir's main opposition party, Omar Abdullah, survived an assassination bid for the second time in a month when rebels exploded a bomb a few steps away from him, police said.
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KABUL : Afghanistan&#39;s presidential vote count neared its end with Hamid Karzai edging closer to victory, but a weekend suicide blast in Kabul offered a deadly reminder of the dangers facing the war-weary nation.
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has no plans to restrict his travel or beef up personal security after surviving a third assassination attempt in a rocket attack outside the capital, a presidential spokesman said on Monday.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia, Sept. 18 -- Somalia's interim president narrowly escaped an assassination attempt Monday when a suicide car bomber struck outside the parliament building, officials said. The blast and a subsequent gun battle left 11 people dead, including the president's brother.
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Two people have been killed in a bomb attack on an Afghanistan election rally held by President Hamid Karzai&#39;s running mate in the country&#39;s north.
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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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Serbia's pro-western President Mr Boris Tadic survived an apparent assassination attempt when a car repeatedly tried to crash into his motorcade, his press office said today.
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Afghanistan's presidential vote count passed the 80 percent mark with Hamid Karzai holding on to his clear majority, but any potential celebrations were cut short by a Taliban suicide bomb in Kabul.
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A lawmaker who defied Syria and voted against extending President Emile Lahoud's term survived an assassination attempt Friday when a parked, explosives-rigged vehicle blew up in Beirut.
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GHAZNI, Afghanistan  - Afghan President Hamid  Karzai hit the election trail on Tuesday for the first time  since an assassination attempt last month, telling supporters a  historic vote in four days would be a turning point for the  war-torn nation.