Couple Sought in Car Bombings
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Uzbek police identified a married couple as suspects in a series of car bombings and appealed over state television for help in finding them. The explosions in this Central Asian nation killed 14 people, one of whom died Thursday, state television reported in Tashkent, the capital. More than 100 were injured. No one has claimed responsibility for the six car bombings. But Islamic militants have come under suspicion.
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