Last updated: 3 december, 2009 - 12:48 GMT
Somalia explosion kills ministers
At least 18 people, including three cabinet ministers, have been killed by a suicide bomb in Somalia.
Three other ministers were seriously injured.
The blast ripped through a hotel in Mogadishu during a graduation ceremony for students.
The BBC's Mohammed Olad Hassan was at the ceremony and was lucky to survive.
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New York Times journalist Jeffrey Gettleman is a frequent visitor to Somalia.
Who does he think is responsible for the blast?
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First broadcast 3 December 2009
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