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ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Suspected Islamic militants attacked a police checkpoint in Algeria with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns Sunday, killing five officers and wounding three others, according to a newspaper report.
Separately, a bus hit two land mines west of the capital, triggering explosions that left three Algerians and a Russian dead, as well as five others wounded, authorities said.
Algeria's Kabylie region, east of the capital Algiers, has faced a recent upsurge of violence, including seven car bombings on Feb. 13, by a group that claims ties to al-Qaida.
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