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WWII Bomb Found in Budapest; Thousands Flee

Thousands of unexploded bombs still buried in city

Jul 29, 08 8:01 AM CDT
(AP) - Some 16,000 people were evacuated yesterday in Budapest after construction workers unearthed a huge unexploded bomb from World War II. The 2-ton explosive, being disarmed today by experts, is one of the largest found in the city since 1945. Thousands of unexploded bombs are believed to be buried in... More »

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bomb • evacuation • World War II • Hungary • Budapest

ETA Behind Blasts in Northern Spain

Bombs in tourist towns mark Basque group's summer awakening

Jul 21, 08 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Basque separatist group ETA detonated five bombs in northern Spain yesterday in a coordinated attack, the Telegraph reports, though only one injury was reported. Four bombs went off in tourist resorts; a fifth targeted a bank near Bilbao. The explosions marked the traditional summer bombing campaign ETA has waged... More »

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terrorism • Spain • bomb • ETA • Bilbao • Basque separatists • Spain terror attacks

 Iraq Insurgents Gain
 Deadly New Weapon 

Rocket-bomb attacks can kill dozens at a time

Jul 10, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shiite insurgents in Iraq have been attacking US forces with a new weapon the military fears could kill dozens of troops at a time, reports the Washington Post. Rocket-propelled bombs, made of propane tanks packed with hundreds of pounds of explosives, have killed at least 21 people this year, including... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Baghdad • rocket attacks • IED • bomb • Shiite insurgents • rocket

Rebel Bomb Revenge Plot Foiled in Colombia

Explosives planned for Bogota: authorities

Jul 6, 08 8:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Colombian army seized nearly a ton of explosives near Bogota, foiling a bomb plot by the rebel group known as FARC, according to authorities. Military officials suspect a series of bomb attacks were planned across the capital in the next few days in retaliation for the recent high-profile rescue... More »

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Colombia • explosives • bomb • revenge • bomb threat • FARC • Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia • Ingrid Betancourt • Bogota • hostage

 Brit Cafe Bomber
 'Preyed On
 by Extremists' 

Radicals took advantage of mentally ill Islamic convert: cops

May 23, 08 3:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - British police believe a mentally ill man who tried to blow himself up in a restaurant yesterday was taken advantage of by Islamic extremists, the Guardian reports. The recent convert to Islam walked into a busy restaurant in the West Country city of Exeter and exploded a device. The only... More »

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terrorism • United Kingdom • England • Islamic extremists • bomb • radical

India Locks Down Jaipur
After Bombs Kill 80

City locked down to prevent Hindu/Muslim clashes

May 14, 08 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Police have locked down the old city of Jaipur today after seven bomb blasts killed at least 80 people yesterday, the AP reports. Police in the western Indian city suspect Islamic terrorists were behind the carnage and have imposed the curfew to prevent any retaliatory violence from the city's Hindu... More »

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India • bomb • Pakistan militants • peace talks • Islamic terrorism • terrorist attack • Hindus • Jaipur

 Bomb Damages
 San Diego
 Courthouse 

FBI probing possible serial link to earlier blast

May 5, 08 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - In what could be the work of a serial bomber, a multi-pipe bomb exploded yesterday at a San Diego courthouse, shattering its door and blasting shrapnel across the street, ABC News reports. No one was hurt in the predawn explosion. The FBI is investigating the incident, which follows a similar... More »

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FBI • San Diego • bomb • explosion • courthouse

SC Teen Faces WMD Charge, Life Sentence

'New Columbine' plan is federal case

Apr 22, 08 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Ryan Schallenberger, the South Carolina teenager whose Columbine-style attack police say they foiled yesterday, will be charged with a federal count of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, the AP reports. The charge, stemming from the 10 pounds of explosives discovered by Schallenberger’s parents yesterday, carries a... More »

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high school • South Carolina • school shooting • bomb • federal prison • shooting rampage • Columbine school massacre





 8 'Plotted to Blow Up' 7 Airliners  

Trial of terror cell opens in London

Apr 4, 08 3:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Islamic terrorist cell plotted a suicide mission to blow up seven transatlantic airliners in midflight, killing more than 1,500 passengers, a prosecutor charged yesterday as a trial began for eight men in London. The explosives were to be hidden in soft drink bottles and set off by detonators... More »

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terror plots • bomb • airplane • Heathrow Airport • terror trial • soft drink bottles • Woolwich Crown Court • Peter Wright QC • Abdulla Ahmed Ali • Assad Sarwar • Mohammed Gulzar

40 Iraq Shiite Pilgrims
Killed in Blast

Tent explodes as pilgrims take a
break during a days-long trek

Feb 24, 08 10:00 AM CST
(Newser) - At least 40 people were killed today when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest amid a crowd of Shiite pilgrims during a trek south of Baghdad. A tent where the marchers stopped for food exploded in Iskandariyah in the second attack on Arbaeen, a day when millions descend on... More »

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Iraq • Sunni • Shiite • suicide bombing • Sunnis • bomb • pilgrims • Arbaeen • pilgrimage

Iraq Booby-Trap Blast
Kills 6 US Troops

Nine dead in first two days of new offensive against al-Qaeda strongholds

Jan 10, 08 5:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Six US soldiers and their Iraqi interpreter were killed when a booby-trapped house in Diyala province exploded, the Washington Post reports. Four others were injured. Another three soldiers were killed Tuesday as tens of thousands of US and Iraqi troops, along with many local volunteers, began sweeping through northern Iraq... More »

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Iraq • US military • bomb • Iraqi soldiers • al-Qaeda in Iraq

Bomb Explodes in Paris Office, Kills 1

Target was Sarkozy's law firm's building

Dec 6, 07 9:42 AM CST
(Newser) - A bomb exploded in a Paris office building today, killing a secretary and seriously injuring at least one other person, Bloomberg reports. The parcel was addressed to the fourth floor, which houses the Shoah Foundation, a Holocaust research group. The building is also home to Nicolas Sarkozy’s former law... More »

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terrorism • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • bomb • Paris • Michele Alliot Marie • Paris bomb attack

13 Dead in Baghdad Pet Market Blast

Dozens wounded; bomber hid device
in box of birds

Nov 23, 07 9:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Thirteen people were killed and 57 wounded when a bomb hidden in a box of birds exploded today at a pet market in Baghdad. Four policeman were among the dead, reports Reuters. The bombing was the deadliest in Iraq since car bombs killed 32 people in the capital on September... More »

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Iraq • Baghdad • bombing • bomb • Mosul

Russian "Father of All Bombs" May Be Hoax

US officials are skeptical about new super explosive

Oct 4, 07 5:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Several weeks after Russia boasted of successfully testing the world's most powerful non-nuclear bomb, US experts and officials are beginning to voice doubts. Careful analysis of video footage of the device reveal inconsistencies, particularly about just what kind of bomb it was, Wired reports. "You've got to approach Russian... More »

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military strategy • bomb • Russian military

Russia Tests ‘Father of
All Bombs’

Boasts its newly tested weapon beats US ‘Mother of All Bombs’

Sep 12, 07 9:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia has tested a vacuum bomb as powerful as a nuclear weapon, christening it after an American nuke while insisting it's “not unleashing a new arms race.” Trumpeting the “father of all bombs” in a report on State TV, an army higher-up said that, unlike a nuclear... More »

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Afghanistan • Russia • Vladimir Putin • weapon • bomb • vacuum bomb

Syria Claims Israel Bombed its Territory

Recon planes likely caught by surprise, diplomats say

Sep 6, 07 6:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Syria accused Israel of bombing its territory today—and says it could retaliate, Reuters reports. Israel's "aggression and treachery" caused no casualties or damage, Syria said. "It appears the Israeli planes were on a reconnaissance mission when they got caught by Syrian defenses and were forced to drop... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Syria • bomb • attack • peace

Three UK Soldiers Killed by US Fire

Jet was providing support v. Taliban

Aug 24, 07 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fire from an American jet killed three British soldiers in Afghanistan yesterday evening in one of the worst “friendly fire” disasters in years. The US air support was called in to aid the soldiers, who were fighting Taliban forces; a single bomb from the F15 killed the Royal Anglian... More »

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Afghanistan • military • United Kingdom • friendly fire • bomb • British troops • Britain

Bomb Kills
2nd Iraqi Governor

Top provincial official slain in his SUV, police blame Mahdi Army

Aug 20, 07 9:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The governor of Muthanna province was killed by a roadside bomb today—a little more than a week after another Iraqi governor was assassinated. Mohammed Ali al-Hassani's SUV was struck en route to his office in the morning. Police are blaming Moqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army, which has clashed with the... More »

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Iraq • Shiite • Sadr City • Mahdi Army • civil war • roadside bomb • bomb • assassination • Mohammed Ali al Hassani • Muthanna • Muqtada al-Sadr

Bombers Butcher 120+ in Iraq

Attack comes after bold kidnapping of oil ministers

Aug 14, 07 6:03 PM CDT
(Newser) - US helicopters are swooping down to rescue survivors of bomb attacks that butchered at least 120 villagers in northern Iraq today. CNN reports that at least three trucks detonated in residential areas and injured upwards of 150 people, mostly Kurds. TV stations are beseeching townspeople to donate blood as US... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Sunni • insurgents • Kurds • Iraq death toll • bomb

Bomb Derails Russian Train

Authorities claim link to Chechen insurgency

Aug 14, 07 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Russia suspects terrorism in a bomb that derailed a train on the busy Moscow-to-St. Petersburg line yesterday, reports Reuters. Thirty-eight people were hospitalized and more  treated at the scene, about 170 km from St. Petersburg. The bomb was planted on a bridge; the locomotive and most carriages derailed after crossing. More »

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Russia • terrorism • insurgents • Eastern Europe • Moscow • bomb • Chechnya • train • St. Petersburg

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