- Palace of Unity
The Palace of Unity (Tajik: Кохи Ваҳдат/"Kokhi Vahdat"), also referred to as Vahdat Palace, is a building in
Dushanbe ,Tajikistan . [cite news|work=Simo News|url=http://www.simonews.tj/news/100271.html|date=2007-11-14 |accessdate=2008-01-02|title=Explosion in center of Dushanbe] Located in the northern part of Dushanbe's main thoroughfare,Rudaki Avenue, near Hotel Avesto and the embassy ofUzbekistan , it is the headquarters of the ruling People's Democratic Party and is also used to host international conferences.cite news|url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/11/ee4aa41e-574d-4586-9a30-218f76d7e758.html|work=Radio Liberty|publisher=Radio Free Europe|title=Tajik Officials Call Dushanbe Explosion A Terrorist Act|date=2007-11-14 |accessdate=2007-11-15] In November 2007, a bomb was left in a plastic bag near a wall outside of the Palace, in an incident labelled by authorities as a terrorist act. [cite news|work=RIA Novosti|title=Powerful blast near Tajik presidential palace kills one|date=2007-11-14 |accessdate=2007-11-15|url=http://en.rian.ru/world/20071114/88088295.html] A seventy-seven year old man, variously reported to be a janitor, a street sweeper, or a security guard, was the only victim; he was killed at 8:10 AM on14 November 2007 when he picked up the plastic bag in which the bomb was contained, causing it to explode. The explosion also blew out many windows at the palace. [cite news|work=The New York Times|title=Explosive Device Kills Guard in Tajikistan|date=2007-11-14 |accessdate=2007-11-15|url=http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/world/international-tajikistan-blast.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&oref=slogin] [cite news|title=Tajikistan: street-sweeper killed in an explosion near the presidential palace in Dushanbe|url=http://enews.ferghana.ru/article.php?id=2228|work=Ferghana.ru] [cite news|url=http://www.zaman.com.tr/haber.do?haberno=613480|title=Tacikastan'daki patlama terör saldırısı (Terror explosion attack in Tajikistan)|work=Zaman Gazetesi|language=Turkish|date=2007-11-14 |accessdate=2007-11-15]References
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