Friday, November 23, 2007

Deadly Blasts Rock Indian Cities

NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Blasts outside courts in three northern Indian cities on Friday, have killed at least eight people, CNN-IBN TV has reported.

The near-simultaneous blasts detonated in Lucknow, Varanasi and Faizabad, all in Uttar Pradesh state. The Associated Press reported officials saying as many as 13 people had died, all lawyers.

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In August, at least 44 people were killed and scores were wounded in bombings in the southern city of Hyderabad.

Those were described as terror attacks carried out by Islamic militants.

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