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The Algerian capital, Algiers, has been rocked by two deadly bomb attacks, on the country's Constitutional Council and the offices of the United Nations.

Medical officials have said more than 60 people were killed, but Algeria's Interior Minister, Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, has only confirmed 22 deaths.

The bombs were the latest in a series of attacks in Algeria this year.

No group has admitted responsibility, but Mr Zerhouni has blamed a militant Islamist group linked to al-Qaeda.

Life expectancy at birth--total population, years; male years, female years.

Life expectancy at birth--total population, years; male years, female years.

Yazid Zerhouni.

Minister Nourredine 'Yazid' Zerhouni.

The Algerian interior minister, Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, said that in both cases explosives had been strapped to vehicles, the Algerian press agency reported.

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A recently-arrested militant had revealed that the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) had planned several months ago to attack one of Tuesday's targets, Mr Zerhouni said.

BBC Security Correspondent Frank Gardner says the manner of the bombings and choice of targets suggest the involvement of the group, which is now known as al-Qaeda in the Land of the Islamic Maghreb.

Earlier, Algerian Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem called off a cabinet meeting to visit hospitals where the