(New York Times) Anne Barnard and Alan Cowell - Prime Minister Wael Nader Al-Halqi of Syria survived an assassination attempt in an upscale Mezze neighborhood of Damascus on Monday when a car bomb exploded near his convoy. A bodyguard was reported killed but the prime minister was unhurt. Video on state television showed a car reduced to a charred skeleton and a bus with its windows shattered.
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