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1 hr ago | Hillingdon Times

Gas supply ruled out over blast

Police previously said they believed the two people killed to be Leslie Rourke, 71, and his daughter-in-law Jeanette, 40, after a blast at the house in Newark on Sunday May 19.

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2 hrs ago | This is Dorset

THREE teenagers were taken to hospital after a gas explosion on a Weymouth campsite.

A spokeswoman for Dorset Police said three boys aged between 16 and 19 were taken to hospital and one woman was treated at the scene but did not require hospital treatment.

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6 hrs ago | SurInEnglish.com

Two Malaga soldiers among the three dead in explosion at army base in Viator, Almeria

Three Spanish Legion bomb disposal experts, who had all taken part in international missions, died in a blast at the Viator military base in Almeria on Monday.

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10 hrs ago | Seattle Times

Car explodes in Vancouver, British Columbia

A leaking acetylene tank is blamed for a blast early Wednesday that tore apart a car parked on a street in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Wed May 22, 2013

TheDay.Com

Bomb blasts rock Preston as part of FBI course

A cone of dust and debris expands from an improvised explosive device made from Tannerite as the bomb is detonated during a live explosion demonstration as part of a Post-Blast Bomb School conducted by the New Haven Division of the FBI and Connecticut State Police Emergency Services Unit on the grounds of the former Norwich State Hospital property ... (more)

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Related Topix: US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News, Preston, CT

Ma'an News Agency

Israeli soldier killed by mine explosion in Golan Heights

An Israeli soldier was killed on Tuesday after a mine exploded in the occupied Golan Heights, Israel's army said.

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KXII-TV Sherman

Lincoln 'comfort' dog headed to Oklahoma

A Lincoln "comfort" dog that has been to several national tragedy sites this year is now in Oklahoma to help victims cope with the devastation caused by a massive tornado.

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KHOU-TV Houston

Death toll rises to 23 in China factory blast

The death toll from a massive blast at an explosives plant in eastern China has risen to 23 with 10 people still missing.

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Times-series.co.uk

Man charged over IRA Hyde Park bomb

A police photographer takes pictures at the scene of the car bomb in Rotton Row, Hyde Park, London, in July 1982 A man has been charged with the murders of four soldiers in the IRA's 1982 Hyde Park bombing, Scotland Yard said.

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Related Topix: Irish Republican Army, Terrorism

WPTV Local News

Texas plant explosion investigation

The head of a federal safety board says federal agents and the state fire marshal are blocking the board from investigating a deadly Central Texas fertilizer plant blast.

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Related Topix: US News, ATF

Tue May 21, 2013

Lake Wylie Pilot

Car bomb, other attacks kill 20 in Iraq

A car bomb exploded as Sunni worshippers were leaving a mosque after evening prayers Tuesday in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks that killed at least 20 people nationwide in a week of the most sustained sectarian violence in the country since U.S. troops withdrew more than a year ago.

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Click2Houston

Help could be available for uninsured in West

More than a month after a massive blast killed 15 people and damaged dozens of buildings in a Central Texas town, they could soon get disaster help for losses not covered by insurance.

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Related Topix: FEMA, US News

WEAU-TV Eau Claire

Explosion cause still unkown, investigators waiting on insurance assessment before returning

Firefighters are still trying to figure out what caused a massive explosion that destroyed a home in the Town of Washington east of Eau Claire.

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Observer

Fiery explosion

A fire destroyed a house on Route 5 near McKinley Road on Monday morning. The Chautauqua County Fire Investigation Team determined the cause was an accidental gas explosion.

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Related Topix: Chautauqua County, NY, Westfield, NY, Brocton, NY, Ripley, NY, Fredonia, NY

Al Jazeera

Seven Afghan police killed amid fresh attacks

A powerful roadside bomb has killed seven policemen in western Afghanistan as forces were engaged in a deadly battle with large groups of Taliban fighters who attacked police checkpoints in the south, officials have said.

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Madison Publishing

Official: Roadside bomb kills 6 policemen in western Afghanistan

A powerful roadside bomb killed six policemen in western Afghanistan on Tuesday when their vehicle hit the explosives buried in the road, an Afghan official said.

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Mon May 20, 2013

WFMZ

Suspected meth lab to blame for explosion, fire in Carbon County

Police said they entered the home to help any victims that may have been inside after the blast, which is when they discovered what they suspect was a methamphetamine lab.

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Patch.com

IGH Fire Dept. Respond to Explosion, Fire at Fleming Field

Update 5:30 p.m. 5/20/13: Inver Grove Heights' Assistant Fire Chief Eric Bergum confirmed that the city's fire crews responded to the incident as part of a mutual aid agreement with other south metro communities.

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Related Topix: Fire, Inver Grove Heights, MN, Publishing, Media, Star Tribune, Flying, Life, Hobbies, South St. Paul, MN

Mirror.co.uk

Newark gas explosion: Survivor's heartbreaking cry for wife and dad killed in blast

Nick Rourke was pulled alive from the rubble but the bodies of his dad Leslie and wife Jeanette were not found until hours later Neighbours told today told how the distraught survivor of a huge suspected gas blast kept asking for his wife and father who were killed.

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The Star Online

Bomb attacks kill more than 70 Shi'ites across Iraq

More than 70 people were killed in a series of car bombings and suicide attacks targeting Shi'ite Muslims across Iraq on Monday, police and medics said, extending the worst sectarian violence since U.S. troops withdrew in December 2011.

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