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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/two-injured-in-kyrgyzstan-blast.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A blast has rocked Kyrgyzstan ahead of Hillary Clinton's visit (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/min-two-injured-in-kyrgyzstan-blast.jpg" alt="A blast has rocked Kyrgyzstan ahead of Hillary Clinton's visit (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Two police officers have been slightly injured in an explosion in the centre of Kyrgyzstan&#8217;s capital, Bishkek, ahead of a visit by US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.</p>
<p>The blast came a day after security forces battled Islamic militants in a restive southern city.</p>
<p>Security officials said the attacks appear to be part of systemic attempt to foment turbulence in the Central Asian nation by means of an Islamist-inspired terror campaign.</p>
<p>Authorities said the explosion took place outside the venue of a high-profile trial against top officials of the recently deposed government. The blast, which formed a deep crater in the road, was set off outside an entrance used by defendants in the trial. The Health Ministry said two police officers suffered minor injuries.</p>
<p>Mrs Clinton is due to travel to the country on Thursday. Her visit comes amid US attempts to buttress stability in the troubled former Soviet nation, which hosts a key air transit facility used as a jumping-off point for troops travelling to and from nearby Afghanistan.</p>
<p>Tensions are high in the country amid sensitive political bargaining over the formation of a new government and renewed violence in the restive south.</p>
<p>Clashes between security forces and Islamic militants broke out on Monday in the city of Osh. Officials said the militants were planning a series of terrorist attacks in the country. Three insurgents were shot and killed by government forces during the gun battle, while another militant blew himself up.</p>
<p>Security Council secretary Marat Imankulov said three suspects detained after the battle were members of the Islamic Movement of Turkestan.</p>
<p>Kolbay Musayev, deputy chairman of the National Security Service, said the militants had selected 33 targets for terrorist attacks, including eight in the capital. &#8220;Thanks to active efforts of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, their plans were defeated,&#8221; he added.</p>
<p>A Kyrgyz court is hearing the case against 28 former officials, including the self-exiled former President Kurmanbek Bakiyev, on charges that they were complicit in ordering troops to open fire on demonstrators during protests in April which brought down the government.</p>
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