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Cheney takes refuge in bomb shelter after Afghan blast

Updated: 2007-02-28 06:10

A woman clad in burqa inquires about her husband after a suicide blast outside the main U.S. military base in Bagram February 27, 2007. A Taliban suicide bomber killed up to 12 people at the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday in an attack the rebels said was aimed at visiting U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney. Cheney was not hurt. [Reuters]