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# Bombs

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2022
# Afghanistan
Six people killed in blasts at boys' school in Kabul
At least 11 other people were wounded by two bomb blasts at a boys’ school in the Afghan capital of Kabul.
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# IRA
'We want the truth': New inquests into Birmingham pub bombings begin
The attack on two pubs came at the height of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.
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Feb 25th 2019, 11:15 PM
# London
Counter-terror probe launched after two explosive devices found in London flat
No arrests have been made.
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Nov 21st 2018, 9:38 PM
# Cesar Sayoc
Man charged with sending bombs to Democrats had plastered van with pro-Trump signs
Cesar Sayoc faces up to 48 years in prison.
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Oct 27th 2018, 11:12 AM
# Mail Bombs
Mail bombs to US political figures and the media: what we know
Police in a number of states are investigating finds.
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Oct 24th 2018, 10:30 PM
# Jailed
Meath men get five years in prison for planting bomb at PSNI recruitment event
A sat-nav was able to link the men to the crime.
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Sep 21st 2017, 6:50 PM
# Bombs
Suspect in Barcelona attack says terror cell planned to target monuments
Four suspects appeared in court yesterday.
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Aug 23rd 2017, 8:10 AM
# Hanover
50,000 evacuated after World War II bombs found in German city
Seven retirement and nursing homes were affected and some rail traffic through the city was disrupted.
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May 7th 2017, 1:21 PM
# guided bomb
What is the 'Mother of All Bombs'?
Here’s what the bomb – dropped by the US on Afghanistan yesterday – involves.
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Apr 14th 2017, 8:32 AM
# Naas
Three bombs discovered in vehicle during garda search in Kildare
The Defence Forces were called to the scene.
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Feb 10th 2017, 6:52 AM
# Explosive
Trump will have tough decisions to make about his somewhat decrepit nuclear arsenal
Many are now asking how vulnerable US nuclear weapons are to cyber threats.
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Dec 21st 2016, 9:00 PM
# Armagh
Police find weapons stash with some items "ready to use"
Police said the items were in the “advanced stages of readiness”.
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Aug 5th 2016, 9:10 PM
# Dallas Shootings
Dallas shooter was planning to bomb North Texas, say police
Police found bomb-making materials and a journal outlining plans in Micah Johnson’s apartment.
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Jul 11th 2016, 8:10 AM
# Cork
Homes evacuated for hours overnight after viable bomb thrown
The Army has now handed the bomb parts back to gardaí for their investigation.
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Mar 18th 2016, 11:34 AM
# Plane Crazy
Staff at Paris airport angry after finding fake bombs ordered by American embassy
The exercise was called “irresponsible”.
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Jan 28th 2016, 7:30 AM
# Courts
'Lonely' woman who made Alan Kelly and Dáil bomb hoaxes also threatened Michael D Higgins
Anne Fennell’s sentence has been adjourned to allow for the medical treatment.
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Jan 15th 2016, 5:45 PM
# box office flops
Here are the films that bombed the hardest this year
You probably didn’t see many of these.
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Dec 31st 2015, 4:01 PM
# kim jong boom
Kim Jong-Un says he has a hydrogen bomb, but nobody really believes him
A thermonuclear bomb in the hands of North Korea would be a dangerous thing, but there’s a lot of scepticism over it.
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Dec 10th 2015, 8:41 PM
# France
France has dropped 16 more bombs on the Islamic State group in Syria
Meanwhile, the hunt for Salah Abdeslam continues.
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Nov 17th 2015, 6:59 AM
# Horror
86 killed, 186 wounded in double bomb blast in Turkey's capital
The blasts took place at a rally for peace in the capital Ankara this morning. They represent the worst terrorist atrocity in Turkey’s history.
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Oct 10th 2015, 3:32 PM
# Thailand
Bangkok bombing: 19 confirmed dead, 120 injured
Police confirm a bomb exploded in the downtown Chidlom district at about 7pm local time.
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Aug 17th 2015, 10:48 PM
# On this Day
"Clawing at the earth, swelling as if with its regurgitation of all the life that it had consumed"
It’s 70 years to the day since the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
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Aug 9th 2015, 7:45 AM
# pipe bomb threat
This teen was found guilty of plotting to murder soldiers
He also groomed an impressionable teenager, police said.
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Apr 29th 2015, 9:55 PM
# miscarriage of justice
On this day 24 years ago, the Birmingham Six were released
The men spent 16 years in prison – for a crime they didn’t commit.
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Mar 14th 2015, 8:45 AM
# Phibsborough
Buses stopped leaving depot as army makes bomb equipment safe
The incident occurred this afternoon in Dublin.
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Jan 22nd 2015, 5:58 PM
# China
Police shoot six people dead after they 'tried to detonate bombs'
At least 200 people have been killed in the Xinjiang region in the last year.
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Jan 12th 2015, 6:16 PM
# suspect devices
Bomb squad make safe two viable IEDs in Mayo
Gardaí discovered the devices earlier this afternoon.
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Nov 13th 2014, 6:23 PM
# WWII
These declassified photos show the final preparations of the nuclear bombs used on Hiroshima And Nagasaki
The “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” nuclear bombs killed tens of thousands of people.
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Oct 14th 2014, 7:15 AM
# Airstrikes
War against Islamic State group 'is not America's fight alone' says Obama
US Secretary of State John Kerry said ancient treasures in Iraq and Syria have become the causalities of warfare.
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Sep 24th 2014, 7:53 AM
# levelled
Five Palestinians from the same family killed by Israeli warplane attacks
Israel has vowed no let-up until it can guarantee the safety of its civilians.
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Aug 23rd 2014, 11:46 AM
# Explosive
More NI bombing incidents in last year than a decade ago
Paramilitary style assaults are also on the rise, according to figures from the PSNI.
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Aug 21st 2014, 12:48 PM
# islamic state
Over 28,000 meals and 5,600 litres of water dropped over northern Iraq amid continued air strikes
US warplanes bombed Islamic State positions in northern Iraq yesterday.
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Aug 9th 2014, 7:15 AM
# Conflict
Israeli shell hits UN school in Gaza killing 15 people, including UN staff
UN chief Ban Ki-Moon called for the killing to stop now.
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Jul 24th 2014, 10:58 PM
# Gaza
Three mortar shells hit Israel, just as ceasefire starts
The ceasefire is designed to allow aid reach Gaza.
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Jul 17th 2014, 11:00 AM
# Talks
Gaza truce efforts ongoing as Egypt mediates discussions
Egypt is mediating discussions of a ceasefire to end seven days of violence.
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Jul 14th 2014, 10:23 PM
# escalating
Iraqi forces attempt to retake northern city of Tikrit
Tikrit is said to be a hotbed of antipathy toward Iraq’s Shiite-led government.
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Jun 29th 2014, 7:13 PM
# Past
On this day in 1974 the IRA bombed the Houses of Parliament in London
During the year, 1974, there was an extensive number of bombings carried out in the UK by the IRA.
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Jun 17th 2014, 7:00 AM
# Dublin Monaghan
Here's how Dublin and Monaghan will mark the 40th anniversary of 1974 bombings
There will be three events over the next two days to commemorate the 33 people killed in the bombings.
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May 17th 2014, 7:00 AM
# Support
€48,000 in funding for victims of Dublin-Monaghan bombings
The Tánaiste met with a support group for victims and the families of those killed yesterday.
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May 7th 2014, 10:25 AM
# then and now
Pics: Before and after - Boston since the marathon bombings
A look at Boston on the day of the bombings, and today.
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Apr 15th 2014, 7:57 AM
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