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| At least one man has died and nine others have been injured in a roadside bomb attack beside two buses carrying oil company workers in Algeria. | At least one man has died and nine others have been injured in a roadside bomb attack beside two buses carrying oil company workers in Algeria. |
| The dead man was said to be Algerian. The nine hurt included three Britons, an American, a Canadian and a Lebanese. | |
| The buses were carrying employees of Brown & Root Condor, a company linked to US construction giant Halliburton. | |
| The bombing, the second near the Algerian capital in six weeks, took place in Bouchaoui, west of Algiers. | The bombing, the second near the Algerian capital in six weeks, took place in Bouchaoui, west of Algiers. |
| Reports said the first bus was hit by a bomb, possibly thrown towards it from the side of the road. | |
| Witnesses then reported gunfire as the second bus turned and headed away from the scene of the attack, some 10km (6 miles) outside of Algiers. | |
| The gunmen then fled the scene. | |
| Joint venture | |
| There was no immediate claim of responsibility, and Algeria's Interior Ministry said it was investigating the attack. | |
| "An inquiry has been opened to determine the nature and origin of this explosive device," a statement said. | |
| The UK Foreign Office confirmed that three British nations were injured in the attack, none seriously. | |
| "At this stage, there are no reports of any British fatalities," a spokesman said. | |
| Brown & Root Condor is a joint venture company formed by Kellogg, Brown & Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, and an affiliate of Algerian state energy group Sonatrach. | |
| Militant Algerian groups have killed some 150,000 people since 1992, when elections in which an Islamic party was poised to win were cancelled. |