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Bombings in western Indian city kill 29

Yash Vyas, 6, lies on a bed in a ward of the Civil Hospital in Ahmadabad, India, late Saturday, July 26, 2008. Yash lost his father Dushyant Vyas and his brother Rohan was injured in Saturday's blasts. At least 29 people were killed and 88 wounded when a series of small explosions hit the western city on Saturday, a top official said. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)
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AHMADABAD, India - Bombs exploded Saturday near a busy market and a hospital in a western Indian city, killing 29 people and injuring 88 a day after deadly blasts struck the southern technology hub of Bangalore.

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  • Yash Vyas, 6, lies on a bed in a ward of the Civil Hospital in Ahmadabad, India, late Saturday, July 26, 2008. Yash lost his father Dushyant Vyas and his brother Rohan was injured in Saturday's blasts. At least 29 people were killed and 88 wounded when a series of small explosions hit the western city on Saturday, a top official said. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh)
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  • A cycle lies at the site of a blast at Naroda Bazar in Ahmedabad. At least 29 people were killed and over 100 wounded Saturday in a string of more than a dozen coordinated bomb attacks in the tinderbox western Indian city of Ahmedabad, officials said.(AFP/Sam Panthaky)
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