OOPS

A Taliban suicide bomber targeting a provincial Pakistan information minister blew himself up outside the minister's home, killing seven and wounding 25.

The minister was away from home at the time and was unhurt.

Oops.

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A suicide bomber trying to kill the governor of the Dand district in the Kandahar province of Afghanistan set off his explosives prematurely and killed five children.

The governor was unhurt.

Oops.

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Anti-semites launched five rockets from Egypt into the Israeli city of Eilat. No one was hurt. A sixth rocket missed the country of Israel entirely and killed one person in Jordan.

Oops.

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