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(Newser) - At least 30 people were killed today when a bomb flattened the main police station in the Pakistan city of Lahore, reports the BBC. Some 100 were injured in the attack that began as gunmen opened fire and hurled grenades before a vehicle packed with explosives hurtled through a barricade... More »

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Pakistan • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • bomb • Lahore • Pakistan army

(Newser) - Police and FBI agents hunted for clues after a homemade bomb blew out windows in a Manhattan Starbucks and jolted awake residents on the Upper East Side before dawn yesterday, reports the New York Times. No one was injured in the blast caused by a makeshift bomb tucked under a... More »

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New York City • Starbucks • Manhattan • bomb • Upper East Side • David Paterson

Robber Told Bank He Was Fed Up With Bailouts

Gets away after SF bomb-threat heist

Apr 22, 09 3:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police are looking for a man who robbed a San Francisco branch of Bank of America—ostensibly out of disgust for corporate bailouts, the Chronicle reports. The man requested a meeting with a manager and told him he represented “a corporation” concerned with the bailouts—before threatening to detonate... More »

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San Francisco • Bank of America • bank robbery • bomb • bomb threat • bailout • financial crisis

UK Terror Busts Thwarted
Big Easter Attack: Cops

Investigators probing Pakistani extremists' links to al-Qaeda

Apr 10, 09 7:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Britain's arrest of a dozen terror suspects this week—nearly overshadowed by the public blunder and subsequent resignation of a top terror official—is believed to have foiled a major plot to bomb Easter shoppers, sources tell the Daily Telegraph. The suspects, mostly Pakistani nationals in the UK on student... More »

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terror plots • bomb • Britain • terror suspects • al-Qaeda • Manchester

 Vandals Rip Lenin a New One 


Apr 1, 09 1:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A bomb exploded this morning at a St. Petersburg tribute to Vladimir Lenin, opening a gaping hole in the statue's backside, the BBC reports. “As a result of the explosion a crater of 31-39 inches appeared on the monument,” a Russian official said. The motive for the attack... More »

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Russia • vandalism • bomb • explosion • statue • monument • St. Petersburg • Communism • Vladimir Lenin

 7 Busted in 
 Amsterdam 
 Bomb Plot 

Shops shut, concert canceled as tipster warns of 'many casualties'

Mar 13, 09 2:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amsterdam police have busted seven people linked to a large-scale bomb plot in the city, authorities announced. An anonymous tipster told police the terror gang was planning an action aimed at "claiming casualties in busy places"; targets included megastores, reports the BBC. Several stores and a movie theater were... More »

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Madrid bombings • terror plots • Netherlands • bomb • Amsterdam • terrorist • arrest

Feds Probe Firebombing of Animal Researcher's Car

Attack targeted professor who used primates to study addiction

Mar 10, 09 3:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - An federal anti-terror task force is probing the firebombing of a UCLA neuroscientist's car, the Los Angeles Times reports. An animal rights group has claimed responsibility for the attack, which took place outside the researcher’s house and caused no injuries. The professor targeted has been using primates for research... More »

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California • FBI • bomb • animal rights • neuroscience • UCLA • primates • Animal Liberation Front

 Israel Pounds 
 Gaza Targets 

Attacks follow militant fire in heaviest exchange since truce

Feb 2, 09 3:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli aircraft pounded Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip late last night after militants there unleashed 10 rounds of rocket and mortar fire on Israel. It's the region's heaviest exchange since a ceasefire began two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times reports. Six explosions rocked Rafah, a border town near... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Palestine • bomb • attack • ceasefire • Arab Israeli conflict • Gaza Egypt border • Rafah

Skirting Laws, Iran Buys Bomb Parts From US Firms

Materials used to make top weapon against US troops

Jan 11, 09 8:43 AM CST
(Newser) - Through front firms and complex maneuvering, Iran skirts trading laws to buy bomb parts from US companies, the Washington Post reports. The equipment allows production of improvised explosive devices, or IEDS, bombs that are the leading killer of US troops in Iraq, according to Justice Department documents and a new... More »

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Iraq • Iran • nuclear weapons • US military • imports • IED • bomb • US exports • weapons

 Israeli Army Puts 
 War Videos on 
 YouTube 

IDF launches web channel to steer Gaza debate

Dec 30, 08 4:29 PM CST
(Newser) - The Israeli army has launched a YouTube channel of graphic war videos in an attempt to curry public favor for its Gaza siege, the Jerusalem Post reports. The footage shows aerial strikes, aid distribution, and—in one potentially unsettling piece—an alleged airstrike on two men loading Israel-bound rockets onto... More »

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Israel • technology • Internet • YouTube • Gaza • war • bomb • Gaza City • Arab Israeli conflict • Israel Defense Force

'Santa' Shooter Had Bomb, Plane Ticket, Cash: Police

Death toll at 9 after another body is found in ashes of Calif. home

Dec 26, 08 2:03 PM CST
(Newser) - The discovery of another body in the charred wreckage of a California home brings the death toll in the Christmas Eve shooting rampage to nine, ABC News reports. Police say Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, 45, suspected of shooting his former in-laws while disguised as Santa, had $10,000 in cash and... More »

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crime • murder • bomb • Christmas • shooting rampage • Santa Claus • shooting • shooters • Bruce Jeffrey Pardo

 Bombs Found in 
 Mumbai Train Station 

Reports conflict as to whether the explosives were left by last week's attackers

Dec 3, 08 12:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Two bombs have been found at a train station initially targeted by the terrorists who attacked Mumbai last week, the BBC reports. The 9lb bombs, found among luggage owned by victims who died in the attack, were diffused.The devices are said to be similar in design to two found... More »

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War on Terror • terrorism • India • bomb • Mumbai • gunman • terrorist attack

 18 Killed in Baghdad Blasts 

Green Zone entrance, bus carrying female government workers both hit

Nov 24, 08 4:47 AM CST
(Newser) - A female suicide bomber killed at least five people at the entrance of Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, and a second bomb killed 13 women traveling on a bus to their government jobs, reports Al Jazeera. The attacks came as Iraqi legislators prepare to vote this week on a security... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • suicide bomber • Iraq death toll • bomb • death toll • female suicide bomber • terrorist attack

'Sticky Bombs' Spread Fear in Baghdad

Insurgents shift to smaller devices as security tightens

Nov 14, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Small explosives dubbed "sticky IEDs" are contributing to a growing feeling of unease in Baghdad, the New York Times reports. The fist-sized bombs attached to magnets or adhesives are hard to detect, easy for a furtive bomber to put in place and have become the weapon of choice for... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Baghdad • explosives • US military • bombing • bomb • car bomb

 Thai Blasts Injure 
 at Least 60 

Triple explosion leaves dozens injured in Muslim south

Nov 4, 08 5:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Three separate bomb blasts injured more than 60 people in a Muslim region in south Thailand, reports the BBC. The explosions took place near a government office and a tea shop, appearing to target a meeting of local officials. Police accused separatist insurgents, who have targeted the area for years... More »

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terrorism • insurgents • Thailand • bomb • bomb explosion

Booby-Trapped Homes Pose Threat to Troops in Iraq

Insurgents load potential shelters with explosives

Oct 8, 08 7:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - For US troops in Iraq’s still-volatile Diyala province, abandoned houses can be a refuge—or a serious threat, the Wall Street Journal reports. Soldiers depend on abandoned houses to provide shelter as combat bases, but insurgents have taken to wiring the buildings with “house-borne improvised explosive devices,”... More »

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explosives • US military • bomb • US Army • houses • insurgency

Pakistan Bomb Toll Climbs
to 53, Al-Qaeda Accused

Nearly 300 wounded in Marriott blast

Sep 21, 08 7:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistani intelligence authorities have blamed al-Qaeda for a massive bomb attack that has so far claimed 53 lives, Reuters reports. The truck bomb slammed into an Islamabad Marriott yesterday, turning the busy hotel into an inferno of flame. The Czech ambassador to Pakistan, and an American and German national were... More »

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Pakistan • bomb • Marriott • truck bomb • Asif Ali Zardari • al-Qaeda

 Bus Bomb Kills 18 in Lebanon

Explosion kills soldiers, civilians; dozens more wounded

Aug 13, 08 4:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bomb that exploded on a bus in Lebanon's second-largest city killed at least 18 people and wounded 40. At least seven of the dead were soldiers, reports the Times of London. The attack took place in the port town of Tripoli, where a sect of Shiites associated with the... More »

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Lebanon • bomb • bomb explosion • bus bombing • Shiite militants • Tripoli, Lebanon

 8 Killed in
 China Bombings

New violence from Muslim separatists rocks Xinjiang province

Aug 10, 08 5:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eight people were killed today in a dozen suicide bomb attacks on government buildings by Muslim separatists in China's restive western Xinjiang province, Reuters reports. The homemade grenade attacks and police shootout rocked the small village of Kuga, some 2,000 miles from Beijing, at dawn. Almost all of the... More »

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China • Muslims • bomb • terrorist • terrorist attack

Firebombed Researcher Fears Animal-Rights Activists

UC Santa Cruz biologist speaks out after weekend firebombing of home

Aug 4, 08 4:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - A university researcher says he fears for his family’s safety after a weekend firebomb attack, the San Jose Mercury News reports. David Feldheim, who does neuroscience research on mice at the University of California Santa Cruz, was slightly injured. He said he expects a continuining threat from animal-rights activists—... More »

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California • bomb • animal rights • attack • academic research • Animal Liberation Front • UC Santa Cruz

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