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| UN chief shaken by Baghdad blast | UN chief shaken by Baghdad blast |
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| UN chief Ban Ki-moon has been left shaken by a blast which interrupted a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in Baghdad. | UN chief Ban Ki-moon has been left shaken by a blast which interrupted a news conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki in Baghdad. |
| As Mr Ban was speaking during the live televised event, a mortar or rocket landed about 50 metres (165ft) from the building, causing him to duck. | As Mr Ban was speaking during the live televised event, a mortar or rocket landed about 50 metres (165ft) from the building, causing him to duck. |
| Mr Ban appeared frightened but neither he nor Mr Maliki was hurt. | Mr Ban appeared frightened but neither he nor Mr Maliki was hurt. |
| The UN chief had earlier arrived on his first visit to Baghdad since he took office in January this year. | The UN chief had earlier arrived on his first visit to Baghdad since he took office in January this year. |
| The BBC's Hugh Sykes in Baghdad says buildings and windows shook and people clutched their furniture when the huge bang reverberated throughout the city at about 1530 (1230 GMT). | The BBC's Hugh Sykes in Baghdad says buildings and windows shook and people clutched their furniture when the huge bang reverberated throughout the city at about 1530 (1230 GMT). |
| He says it appeared to be caused by a mortar attack on the international zone, otherwise known as the Green Zone, where all the diplomats and most of the US military are, in the centre of Baghdad. | He says it appeared to be caused by a mortar attack on the international zone, otherwise known as the Green Zone, where all the diplomats and most of the US military are, in the centre of Baghdad. |
| At the moment of the blast, the camera filming the news conference shook slightly, while in the middle of the frame the UN chief could be seen ducking. | At the moment of the blast, the camera filming the news conference shook slightly, while in the middle of the frame the UN chief could be seen ducking. |
| Interestingly, just to the left, the Iraqi prime minister did not duck, our correspondent says. | Interestingly, just to the left, the Iraqi prime minister did not duck, our correspondent says. |
| In 2003 the former UN ambassador to Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello, and 21 other people died in a huge explosion which almost totally destroyed what was then the UN headquarters in Baghdad. |