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Governor Among the Dead in Afghan Mosque Blast

KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 8) -- A massive bomb blast at a mosque in northern Afghanistan killed 15 people Friday, including a provincial governor who had survived a series of assassination attempts, officials said. More than 20 people were wounded in the explosion during Friday prayers at the Shirkat mosque in Takhar...

Natural Gas Explosion Kills 2 Workers in Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (July 30) -- A suspected natural gas explosion Friday shattered a metal-fabricating business and killed two people, including one worker who was hurled across the street by the blast and another man who was electrocuted by a downed power line, fire officials said. The explosion at about 6:15 a.m. turned the...

Bomb Wounds 9 in Bangkok on Election Day

BANGKOK (July 25) -- A bomb at a bus stop in downtown Bangkok wounded nine people Sunday shortly after polls closed in a parliamentary election that pitted a government candidate against a jailed leader of recent mass protests in the Thai capital. Police Maj. Gen. Anuchai Lekbamroong, at the site of the explosion,...

Bomb Kills 3 in Afghan Capital Ahead of Key Conference

KABUL, Afghanistan (July 18) -- A suicide bomber slipped through the Afghan capital's tight security ring Sunday, killing three civilians near a busy market two days ahead of an international conference hosting representatives from about 60 nations, officials said. An American service member died in a roadside bombing in...

Background on blast

In bioinformatics, Basic Local Alignment Search Tool, or BLAST, is an algorithm for comparing primary biological sequence information, such as the amino-acid sequences of different proteins or the nucleotides of DNA sequences.

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