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At a Glance
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Explosion
LONDON: The front entrance of BBC Television Centre in west London was damaged by a bomb explosion early yesterday morning. The bomb went off at about 1230 GMT as a bomb disposal unit from the Scotland Yard, Britain's police headquarters, was attempting to carry out a controlled explosion of a taxi parked outside the BBC building in Wood Lane, west London. Most of the people working in the building had been evacuated after warnings were received by a London hospital and a charity.
Violence
JAKARTA: Violence continued in Aceh, Indonesia, with seven more bodies found on Saturday. The Antara News Agency yesterday quoted a military spokesman as saying that the security officials are still chasing members of the Free Aceh Movement, a main separatist group in Aceh, who attacked a police dormitory complex in Idi Rayeuk subdistrict, East Aceh, on Friday.
Cabinet
LAGOS: Sierra Leonean President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah has made several ministerial changes in a cabinet reshuffle, the Sierra Leone News Agency reported yesterday.
Terrorist attack
ISLAMABAD: At least 12 persons were killed and several others wounded when some unknown armed motorcyclists indiscriminately opened fire in a busy market and a graveyard area in the town of Sheikhupura in Punjab province yesterday.
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