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Car burns near Uganda parliament after explosion in Kampala

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Emergency services put out a fire in a car set alight in an explosion at the entrance to parliament in the Ugandan capital Kampala. Two explosions hit Uganda's capital Kampala on Tuesday, injuring about two dozen people in what police termed an attack on the city, the latest in a string of blasts targeting the country. SOUNDBITE

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