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Japan Airport Reopens After World War II Bomb Explodes Near Runway
Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan resumed operations Thursday morning, a day after its closure due to the explosion of a wartime dud shell that damaged a section of its taxiway, local media reported.
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Japan Airport Shut After World War II Bomb Explodes Near Runway, 87 Flights Cancelled
According to Japan's Transport Ministry, a bomb disposal team confirmed the explosion was caused by an American bomb buried beneath the surface, dating back to a wartime air raid.
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Unexploded World War 2 Grenade Found By 9-Year-Old UK Boy In His Garden
The boy was searching in the back garden when he uncovered a small explosive and came running into the house to tell his mother about it.
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Video Shows Huge Blast In UK Town After World War II Bomb Detonates
A bomb from World War II that was found in a Great Yarmouth town in Norfolk County detonated in an explosion that police say was "not planned."
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Mistaken For Fossil, Grenade Explodes Inside Home
A mother and daughter duo in the UK had a lucky escape after a World War II grenade they unwittingly brought inside their home exploded in their kitchen.
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Panic Aboard As French Fishing Trawler Nets WWII Bomb
A French fishing trawler netted a World War II bomb containing nearly a tonne of explosives off the coast of Normandy on Friday, prompting the emergency evacuation of the crew while the device was returned to the seabed, authorities said.
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WWII Bomb Forces Mass Evacuation In Central Berlin
Thousands of people around Berlin's central railway station were evacuated on Friday as bomb disposal experts began defusing an unexploded World War II explosive unearthed on a building site.
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A 1,000-Pound WWII Bomb Was Pulled Out Of The Ground Without Exploding
Police and explosive ordnance disposal technicians removed a 1,000-pound bomb that failed to explode during World War II but that successfully brought traffic to a standstill Wednesday in a bustling Hong Kong neighborhood. It was the second bomb discovered in the area just this week.
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Rangoon Preview: Kangana Ranaut, Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan In Tale Of Wartime Passion
Kangana Ranaut gave explosive interviews while promoting Rangoon hinting at her cold war with co-star Shahid Kapoor
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Sunken World War II Bomb Found In Germany's Financial Capital
Residents of Germany's financial capital, Frankfurt, will have to do without their Sunday stroll or jog along the river while explosives experts recover and defuse an aerial bomb from World War II.
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Italy Closes Route Over Brenner Mountain Pass To Defuse World War II Bomb
An unexploded bomb dropped from a US airplane during World War Two will halt car and train transportation south of the Brenner Pass on the Austrian-Italian border today morning as explosives units defuse and dispose of the device.
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Police Arrest South Korean Suspect In Blast At Tokyo War Shrine
Police in Tokyo have arrested a South Korean man suspected of causing an explosion last month in a public restroom at a controversial shrine in Tokyo that honors Japanese war dead.
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US to detonate underwater explosive in Puerto Rico
The U.S. Navy is preparing to detonate a World War II explosive found off the coast of a popular beach in the Puerto Rican island of Culebra.
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World War II explosives found in Mumbai Harbour
The Indian Navy has safely disposed of 90 unexploded ordnances, believed to be of World War II vintage, discovered during dredging operations in the Mumbai Harbour over the past few days, a defence official said in Mumbai on Friday.
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German authorities detonate 550-pound World War II bomb
Explosives experts in Germany detonated the remains of a 550-pound (250 kilogrammes) World War II bomb in central Munich on Tuesday evening. The DAPD news agency cited a police spokesman as saying the bomb was successfully destroyed on Tuesday evening.
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Japan Airport Reopens After World War II Bomb Explodes Near Runway
Miyazaki Airport in southwestern Japan resumed operations Thursday morning, a day after its closure due to the explosion of a wartime dud shell that damaged a section of its taxiway, local media reported.
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Japan Airport Shut After World War II Bomb Explodes Near Runway, 87 Flights Cancelled
According to Japan's Transport Ministry, a bomb disposal team confirmed the explosion was caused by an American bomb buried beneath the surface, dating back to a wartime air raid.
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Unexploded World War 2 Grenade Found By 9-Year-Old UK Boy In His Garden
The boy was searching in the back garden when he uncovered a small explosive and came running into the house to tell his mother about it.
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Video Shows Huge Blast In UK Town After World War II Bomb Detonates
A bomb from World War II that was found in a Great Yarmouth town in Norfolk County detonated in an explosion that police say was "not planned."
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Mistaken For Fossil, Grenade Explodes Inside Home
A mother and daughter duo in the UK had a lucky escape after a World War II grenade they unwittingly brought inside their home exploded in their kitchen.
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Panic Aboard As French Fishing Trawler Nets WWII Bomb
A French fishing trawler netted a World War II bomb containing nearly a tonne of explosives off the coast of Normandy on Friday, prompting the emergency evacuation of the crew while the device was returned to the seabed, authorities said.
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WWII Bomb Forces Mass Evacuation In Central Berlin
Thousands of people around Berlin's central railway station were evacuated on Friday as bomb disposal experts began defusing an unexploded World War II explosive unearthed on a building site.
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A 1,000-Pound WWII Bomb Was Pulled Out Of The Ground Without Exploding
Police and explosive ordnance disposal technicians removed a 1,000-pound bomb that failed to explode during World War II but that successfully brought traffic to a standstill Wednesday in a bustling Hong Kong neighborhood. It was the second bomb discovered in the area just this week.
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Rangoon Preview: Kangana Ranaut, Shahid Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan In Tale Of Wartime Passion
Kangana Ranaut gave explosive interviews while promoting Rangoon hinting at her cold war with co-star Shahid Kapoor
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Sunken World War II Bomb Found In Germany's Financial Capital
Residents of Germany's financial capital, Frankfurt, will have to do without their Sunday stroll or jog along the river while explosives experts recover and defuse an aerial bomb from World War II.
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Italy Closes Route Over Brenner Mountain Pass To Defuse World War II Bomb
An unexploded bomb dropped from a US airplane during World War Two will halt car and train transportation south of the Brenner Pass on the Austrian-Italian border today morning as explosives units defuse and dispose of the device.
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Police Arrest South Korean Suspect In Blast At Tokyo War Shrine
Police in Tokyo have arrested a South Korean man suspected of causing an explosion last month in a public restroom at a controversial shrine in Tokyo that honors Japanese war dead.
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US to detonate underwater explosive in Puerto Rico
The U.S. Navy is preparing to detonate a World War II explosive found off the coast of a popular beach in the Puerto Rican island of Culebra.
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World War II explosives found in Mumbai Harbour
The Indian Navy has safely disposed of 90 unexploded ordnances, believed to be of World War II vintage, discovered during dredging operations in the Mumbai Harbour over the past few days, a defence official said in Mumbai on Friday.
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German authorities detonate 550-pound World War II bomb
Explosives experts in Germany detonated the remains of a 550-pound (250 kilogrammes) World War II bomb in central Munich on Tuesday evening. The DAPD news agency cited a police spokesman as saying the bomb was successfully destroyed on Tuesday evening.
