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Wednesday, November 09, 2005 

20 die in 3 bomb blasts in Amman

Update 22.59

20 people are now thought to have died, with many more injured, in three simultaneous blasts in hotels in the Jordanian capital.

The Radisson, Hyatt and Days Inn have been targetted. Some arrests have been made near the Radisson, and police are said to be looking for a car with Iraq.

An Al Jazeera reporter says journalists' tapes have been confiscated.

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