IRAQ Bombs targeting Shiite Muslims in areas south of Baghdad on Thursday killed 31 people and wounded 98, security and medical officials said.
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- May 23, 2013
- Updated: 6:57am
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Seven Frenchmen arrested as part of a weekend swoop on a suspected Islamist terror cell believed to have plotted attacks in the country were formally charged on Thursday, a legal source said.
French police believe they have discovered an "extremely dangerous terrorist cell" after finding weapons and bomb-making materials while investigating suspected radical Islamists.
Plane passengers could soon be scanned for bombs as they swipe their boarding pass, a Japanese company said, unveiling the world's first explosive-detecting departure gate.
Imelda Marcos' seized jewels to go on display
A former terrorist's attempt to justify the planting of bombs in 1967 is an affront to the memory of those killed.
The United States is preparing for its biggest ever terrorism exercise this month when three fictional 'dirty bombs' go off and cripple transport arteries in two major US cities and the Pacific...
Pupils at St Stephen's College Preparatory School in Stanley were evacuated yesterday when workmen on the campus dug up a British wartime bomb. The bomb was about 60cm underground.
Hundreds of British bombs uncovered in Cheung Sha Wan, some too dangerous to move
Fifty-one sticks of high explosives, 58 detonators and a five-metre safety fuse were seized aboard a mainland fishing boat after police intercepted it off Sai Kung, officials said yesterday.
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