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'Bogus' Bomb Detectors Fail to Spot Real Bomb

By Sharon WeinbergerFeb 22nd 2010 – 5:15PM
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(Feb. 22) -- A bomb went off today in a market in Thailand that had just been scanned by a bomb detector that critics claim is nothing more than a scam. The incident follows several weeks of growing controversy in the Thai government over the GT200 bomb detector, which was exposed last month by the BBC as...

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