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Belarus Questioning Dissidents in Deadly Subway Bombing

Apr 13th 2011 – 12:10PM

MINSK, Belarus -- Authorities in Belarus rounded up dissidents across the country Wednesday for questioning over the Minsk subway bombing after the president declared that his political opponents might know who "ordered the attack." Officials said Wednesday they have arrested a suspect who has confessed to carrying out...

Belarus President: Subway Explosion Kills 11, Wounds 126

Apr 11th 2011 – 4:23PM

MINSK, Belarus -- An explosion tore through a key subway station in the Belarusian capital of Minsk during evening rush hour Monday killing 11 people and wounding 126. An official said the blast was a terrorist act. President Alexander Lukashenko did not say what caused the explosion at the Oktyabrskaya subway station,...

Suicide Bombers Kill 30, Wound 100 at Pakistani Shrine

Apr 3rd 2011 – 11:34AM

MULTAN, Pakistan -- A pair of suicide bombers struck a shrine in Pakistan Sunday, killing 30 people gathered there and pressing a campaign of attacks against places of worship that extremists consider un-Islamic, officials said. The practice of praying, singing and meditating at the shrines of holy men is widespread and...

Booby-Trap Bomb Kills Northern Ireland Policeman

Apr 2nd 2011 – 1:19PM

DUBLIN -- Northern Ireland police say a 25-year-old officer has been killed by a booby-trap bomb placed under his car. Neighbors of the victim say the car was put ablaze by the blast in a neighborhood of Omagh. They say the victim had only recently joined the police force. Since 2007, Irish Republican Army dissidents...

Fifth Night of Airstrikes in Libya [VIDEO]

Mar 24th 2011 – 10:52AM
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Police Could Have Prevented Omagh Bombing, Claim Victims' Families

By Lucy Sherriff May 10th 2012 - 04:45PM

Fresh evidence that police could have intercepted the Omagh bombers before they committed the atrocity has been uncovered in a new independent inquiry, victims' relatives have claimed.

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What Makes A Hero?

By CPT Dan Grinstead MSW ACSW LISW May 04th 2012 - 10:32AM

In November 2011, I was one of the nearly 3,000 soldiers in the Iowa Army National Guard who were deployed to Afghanistan.

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Irish Border Bomb Contained 600lbs Of Explosives And 'Was Ready To Go'

By Felicity A Morse Apr 28th 2012 - 09:41AM

A bomb found in a van near the Irish border contained 600lbs of homemade explosive and was "ready to go", police have revealed.

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Northern Ireland Bombs: Two 'Viable Devices' Found In Belfast

By Paul Vale Apr 28th 2012 - 05:05AM

Police have discovered two bombs following separate security alerts in Northern Ireland.

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Breivik Trial: Security Guard Describes 'Terrible Destruction' Of Oslo Bombing

By Michael Rundle Apr 24th 2012 - 09:45AM

Survivors of the Oslo bombing carried out by right-wing extremist Anders Breivik have given harrowing evidence at his trial.

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Background on bombing

A bombardment is an attack by artillery fire directed against fortifications, troops or towns and buildings.

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