Lahore Bomb Blast Kills Several in Pakistan

" Lahore, May 27: Several people were killed when a massive blast shook the Civil Lines area of Pakistan's Lahore city Wednesday morning. The blast occurred in 15 Building adjacent to CCPO office, where the...

Starbucks Bomb: Explosion at 92nd St. and 3rd Ave. in New York

A homemade bomb was the cause of an explosion at a Starbucks on 92nd St. and 3rd Ave. in New York, in the wee hours of Monday morning May 25, 2009.  Police have no word on the reason for the Starbucks bomb...

Massive Explosion in Lamesa, Texas - Caught on Video

The raw video of a massive exlosion in Lamesa, Texas is making the rounds this weekend. On Thursday night, a bolt of lightning hit and ignited an oil tank.  Firefighters were fighting the blaze for about two...

Gas Explosion at Shopping Mall in Maryland Caught on Video

Firefighters in Forestville, Maryland responded to a call of a strong  gas odour at a strip mall Thursday afternoon, and evacuated the area minutes before it exploded. It was caught on video by a camera on the...

Explosion Destroys Part of Forestville Strip Mall

An explosion destroyed part of the Penn Mar Shopping Center, a strip mall in Forestville, Prince George's County, Maryland, this afternoon.Six people, including five firefighters were injured while the fire...

Smoke Still Billowing in Halifax: 100 EVACUATIONS, Homes Burned

Coverage continues here.Update 3  Windy this morning. Rain started at 11:30 am, though just lightly. " Some 1,200 Halifax residents were forced to evacuate after a massive brush fire raged outside the port...

Explosion and Fire at Nanaimo and Dundas in Vancouver

Involved is a three story strata building on the north side of Dundas street.  We were rocked by the force of the explosion two blocks away.  All emergency vehicles responded very quickly and the cleanup...

18 killed in China mine explosion

This is my fourth or fifth story, may be more, on chines mine blast death in last few months.Latest report from central chinese mines says that atleast 18 people died in a mine blast.This tragic incident happened at a mine in Chexou city in  Hunan province.Last year 3200...

Explosion on asylum boat to Christmas Island: 3 dead

An explosion on board an asylum boat on its way to Christmas Island off the coast of Australia, has killed three people, and dozens more are injured. The injured are being taken to hospitals in Darwin and Broome. There were 49 people on board, most of whom were believed to be...

74 miners dead; 96 missing in China coal mine explosion

The death toll has risen to 74 from the explosion.The men who were trapped inside contaced many of their loved ones by mobile phone. Out of the 426 miners working in the mine, at least 74 miners are dead, 96...

House explosion in Somerset causes evacuation of neighbourhood

Reports that a house has exploded in Somerset Massachusetts have caused an evacuation of the entire neighbourhood. The home has been completely destroyed and some nearby have suffered damage as well. Casualities have been reported. "The Chace Street School has been opened for...

Nail-bomber gets life

A man with learning difficulties that was encouraged by extremists in Pakistan has been jailed for life for attempted murder and terrorism after a failed suicide bombing at a restaurant in Exeter, UK. He was the...

Reports of Explosion in Downtown Vancouver

Reports on Twitter and Facebook of an explosion at 1:05 PM in downtown Vancouver, on Hornby Street between Drake and Pacific.  There were apparently men in suits and/or men with machine guns, and a number of...

Explosion damages faith-healing centre in Pakistan

A faith-healing centre on Circular Road in Yakatoot neighbourhood of Peshawar, the troubled capital city of Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP), was damaged when an explosive device went off late...

Brown condemns Israeli attack as "indefensible"

England Prime minister Golden Brown condemned the Israeli shelling of the United Nations Head Quaker in Gaza strip. " Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the Israeli shelling of the United Nations HQ in...

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