World IN BRIEF : EGYPT : One Dead, 14 Hurt in Tour Bus Blast
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A bomb packed with nails and apparently aimed at a tour bus exploded on the road to the Giza Pyramids near Cairo, killing an Egyptian and wounding 14 people, including five British tourists. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the blast appeared to be the work of Muslim extremists who have targeted tourists and Egyptian officials in a 1 1/2-year campaign against the secular government. An Interior Ministry official said the bomb had been placed on a bicycle.
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