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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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  Holocaust Survivor Dies In Russian Bombing Of Ukraine Home

  Boris Romantschenko, who survived four Nazi concentration camps during World War II, has been killed by Russian shelling that struck his flat in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the Buchenwald Memorial foundation said Monday. He was 96 years old.

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  Built After World War II, Kyiv Metro Offers Shelter From Russian Shells

  The wounded Ukrainian soldier dropped his crutches to the Kyiv metro station floor and picked up his five-year-old son, first wiping tears from his shaking wife's face.

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  World War II Mortar Shell Found Under Floorboards Of A Flat In Russia

  A Russian family was stunned Monday to discover a mortar shell under the floorboards during renovation work at their flat in Saint Petersburg, a local official said.

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  Man Lies On Unexploded WW II Shell For 3 Hours, Told It's "Ill-Advised"

  Lying down on top of an unexploded World War II shell is "strictly ill-advised", officials on Thursday told a Dutchman who found one in his garden.

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  She Found 'Unexploded' World War II Shell, Gets Charged At Vienna Airport

  An American tourist brought an unexploded World War Two shell to Vienna airport in her luggage, Austrian police said on Tuesday.

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  World War II Bomb Defused By Belgian Bomb Squad At Brussels Airport

  Bomb disposal experts have defused a Second World War shell found during building work at Brussels' international airport, officials said on Saturday.

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  87 Bomb Shells Believed To Be Of World War II Era Found In Manipur

  Eighty-seven bomb-shells, believed to be of World War II period, have been found at the border town of Moreh during excavation work for construction of a power sub-station.

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  World War 2 Shell Found on Glitzy French Riviera Beach

  One of the best-known beaches on the French Riviera was closed Saturday after a World War II shell was discovered in Nice six metres from the shore, officials said.

• World Honors D-Day's Fallen, 70 Years On

  Gone are the screaming shells, seasick soldiers and bloodied waters of 1944. On Friday, a sun-splattered Normandy celebrated peace, with silent salutes, tears and international friendship marking 70 years since the D-Day invasion helped change the course of World War II and modern history.

• WWII Bombs and Shells Still Major Hazard: French Environmental Group

  Unexploded bombs and shells from World War II remain a major hazard in western France that has been poorly investigated, the French environmental group Robin des Bois said on Monday.

• 80 World War II shells discovered on French beach after storm

  Some 80 shells left over from the Second World War have been uncovered on a beach in northwestern France pounded by strong waves during a storm, police said on Tuesday.

• World War II bombshell stops bullet train in Japan

  An unexploded World War II shell that was discovered just metres (yards) from a busy rail track halted high speed trains in Japan today, as bomb disposal experts moved in to detonate it.

• World War II shells disrupt Japan bullet trains

  Japanese troops removed two unexploded wartime bombs in central and western Japan on Sunday, forcing thousands of residents to evacuate their homes and disrupting bullet train services.

• World War II bomb found near Mumbai harbour, Navy to defuse

  A World War II shell, packed with 45 kg of explosive, has been found at the Mumbai harbour during dredging operations, police said today.