Bomb Blast Mars Independence Day
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From Times Wire Reports
A bomb blast rocked the center of Tajikistan’s capital, Dushanbe, near the site of low-key celebrations to mark the 10th anniversary of the nation’s independence from the Soviet Union.
The blast, which killed the bomber, came one day after Culture Minister Abdurakhim Rakhimov was shot and killed.
The bomb exploded a few hundred yards from a stadium where President Emamali Rakhmonov and Moscow Mayor Yuri M. Luzhkov were attending celebrations.
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