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In Afghanistan, car bomb kills four near U.S. Embassy

Nov. 27, 2008
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan --- A suicide car bomber set off a powerful blast today near the gates of the U.S. Embassy, killing at least four Afghan civilians and injuring more than a dozen others.
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