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Booby-Trap Bomb Kills Northern Ireland Policeman

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...

Report: Troop Deaths by IEDs in Afghanistan Up 60 Percent

The number of American troops in Afghanistan killed by improvised explosive devices rose 60 percent last year to 268, about the same number who perished in the three previous years combined, according to military statistics obtained by The Washington Post. The figures also show that the number of those wounded by the...

Underwear Bomb Suspect's Trial Set for October

DETROIT (AP) - A judge on Tuesday set an Oct. 4 trial date for a Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day 2009 using a bomb hidden in his underwear. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who is acting as his own lawyer, asked for a 2012 date and said he might not have enough time to...

Police: Mail Bomb Could Have Exploded Over US

LONDON (Nov. 10) -- A mail bomb intercepted last month at an English airport could have exploded over the East Coast of the United States, British police said Wednesday. Forensic evidence showed the device, originally sent from Yemen by way of Cologne, Germany, was timed to be detonated about seven hours after the cargo...

Parcel Bomb Addressed to French Embassy in Athens Destroyed

(Nov. 4) -- Greek police today detonated yet another parcel bomb, this one addressed to the French Embassy in Athens, and they are investigating at least two more suspicious packages in the capital city. A police source told The Guardian that the bomb had been hidden inside a book. It was discovered and disposed of at a...

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'World's Wildest Police Videos' Premiere: Police Officer Caught In Blast As Car Bomb Explodes In Bangkok (VIDEO)

The Series Premiere of the rebooted "World's Wildest Police Videos" (Mon., 8 p.m. ET on Spike TV) got off to an explosive start with shocking footage of a car blowing up as a police officer was standing next to it.

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06/03/12 Investigation after homemade explosives found at south... Source: CTV News A bomb squad was called to a south Edmonton playground Saturday after the discovery of "homemade explosive devices."
06/03/12 Car bombing at north Nigeria church kills 8, wounds... Source: Medicine Hat News - Medicine Hat AB A suicide car bomber drove into a north Nigeria church's compound Sunday and detonated his explosives as worshippers left an early morning service, killing at least eight people and wounding dozens more, officials and witnesses said.
06/03/12 Manipur: Bomb Recovered From TMC MLA's Residence Source: Outlook Suspected militants planted a powerful bomb at the private residence of a Manipur MLA but it was detected in time and defused, official sources said today.
05/08/12 'World's Wildest Police Videos' Premiere: Police... Source: The Huffington Post The Series Premiere of the rebooted "World's Wildest Police Videos" (Mon., 8 p.m. ET on Spike TV) got off to an explosive start with shocking footage of a car blowing up as a police officer was standing next to it.

Background on improvised explosive devices

An improvised explosive device (IED), also known as a roadside bomb, is a homemade bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action.

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