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At least four dead in blast near Beirut-sources
12 Dec 2007 05:39:04 GMT
Source: Reuters

BEIRUT, Dec 12 (Reuters) - At least four people were killed and more than 10 wounded in an explosion in a Christian town east of Beirut on Wednesday, security sources said.

The cause of the blast in Baabda, on the outskirts of the Lebanese capital, was not immediately known.

(Reporting by Nadim Ladki; writing by Michael Winfrey)
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