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Reuters: Blasts Mar Nigeria's 50th Birthday Party

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Tags: Africa, Bombing, Nigeria

Two explosions were heard in Nigeria's capital on Friday near a parade of top government and foreign officials marking the 50th anniversary of independence, a Reuters Television witness said.

The blasts came about an hour after Nigeria's MEND rebel guerrilla group issued an email bomb warning, saying it had planted several devices at the parade and telling people to evacuate.

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