Blast targets anti-Saakashvili party in Georgian capital, no injuries

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TBILISI (AFP) — A bomb went off outside the headquarters of a party that opposed the downfall of former president Eduard Shevardnadze, but no one was reported injured in the attack, a top party official told AFP.

"Today, at 5:30 in the morning (0130 GMT), a car stopped near our building. As soon the car pulled out, an explosion went off," said Gela Daneliya, one the leaders of the Labor Party.

"Thankfully, nobody was hurt," he said.

The Labor Party opposes Mikhail Saakashvili, who spearheaded the protests against Shevardnadze and is seen as the front-runner in presidential elections scheduled for January 4, 2004.

The attack came days after a bloodless "rose revolution" that saw the overthrow of 75-year-old Shevardnadze, blamed for plunging the...