Madagascar president survives assassination attempt

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Madagascar's President Andry Rajoelina flashes a two-finger salute, in Madagascar's capital Antananarivo, September 2, 2009. /Reuters

Madagascar President Andry Nirina Rajoelina has survived an assassination attempt, AFP reported citing prosecutors.

Several "foreign and Malagasy" suspects, including to two French people, were arrested on Tuesday on "as part of an investigation for undermining state security," AFP reported.

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