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Blasts outside HSBC mark Blair Turkey visit

Monday, 17 May 2004 16:34

There were three small bomb blasts outside branches of Britain's HSBC in Turkey, where the Prime Minister, Tony Blair, is visiting today.

The blasts took place in Istanbul and Ankara. There were no reports of injuries.

Last November 62 people were killed in bomb blasts at two synagogues, an HSBC bank branch and the British consulate in Istanbul.

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