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Belarus President: Subway Explosion Kills 11, Wounds 126
By not in system - AOL NewsMINSK, Belarus -- An explosion tore through a key subway station in the Belarusian capital of Minsk during evening rush hour Monday killing 11 people and wounding 126. An official said the blast was a terrorist act. President Alexander Lukashenko did not say what caused the explosion at the Oktyabrskaya subway station, but suggested outside forces could be behind it. "I do not rule out that this gift could have been brought from outside," Lukashenko said. The authoritarian leader, under strong pressure from the West over his suppression of the opposition, has frequently alleged ...
On Anniversary of Coal Mine Disaster, Families Still Waiting for Answers
By Laura Parker - AOL NewsAs a minister in Appalachian coal country, the Rev. Dennis Sparks knows more than he wants to about grief. He serves as executive director of the West Virginia Council of Churches and has consoled countless families of coal miners who've lost husbands, fathers and brothers in an industry that annually kills 30 to 40 miners and injures hundreds more every year. Sparks counseled families after the mine disaster in Sago, W.Va., claimed a dozen men in 2006, and he was there for the long wait when an explosion one year ago today at the Upper Big Branch mine killed 29 miners and seriously injured ...
Bomb in Newspaper Injures California Man
By not in system - AOL NewsVACAVILLE, Calif. - A Northern California man who went outside to retrieve a newspaper from his driveway Sunday morning was injured when a device hidden inside the paper exploded, authorities said. The blast at around 10:20 a.m. forced the evacuation of about 50 surrounding homes in Vacaville, which is located between San Francisco and Sacramento. The man's daughter-in-law, Sharon Sanchez, told KGO-TV that he had cooked breakfast and was waiting for family to arrive when he walked out to get the paper. It wasn't clear if the man was the target of the device, or if the explosion was a ...
One Dead, Dozens Injured in Bombing Outside Jerusalem Bus Station
By Linda Gradstein - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- A 59-year-old woman was killed and 30 people were wounded when a bomb exploded this afternoon across from Jerusalem's central bus station. Police said the 3-pound bomb placed in a bag opposite the station was a terrorist attack. "We are talking about a terror attack," said police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld. The blast was heard throughout Jerusalem, and police sealed off the entrance to the city, causing huge traffic jams during the afternoon rush hour. Police set up roadblocks throughout the country, checking ID cards belonging to Palestinians. Two Palestinian organizations in ...
Explosion Rocks Jerusalem Bus Stop; Woman Killed
By not in system - AOL NewsJERUSALEM -- A bomb struck a crowded bus stop in central Jerusalem Wednesday, killing one woman and wounding more than 20 other people in what authorities said was the first major Palestinian militant attack in the city in several years. The bombing brought back memories of the second Palestinian uprising last decade, a period in which hundreds of Israelis were killed by suicide bombings in Jerusalem and other major cities. There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but Israeli police blamed Palestinian militants. The attack came against the backdrop of a rising wave of violence that ...
Meltdown Threat Rises at Japanese Nuclear Plant
By not in system - AOL NewsSOMA, Japan -- Water levels dropped precipitously Monday inside a stricken Japanese nuclear reactor, twice leaving the uranium fuel rods completely exposed and raising the threat of a meltdown, hours after a hydrogen explosion tore through the building housing a different reactor. Water levels were restored after the first decrease, but the rods remained exposed late Monday night after the second episode, increasing the risk of the spread of radiation and the potential for an eventual meltdown. The cascading troubles in the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant compounded the immense challenges faced by ...
What Can Be Done to Improve Airport Security?
By Dana Kennedy - AOL NewsSecurity experts warn that Monday's suicide bombing in Moscow exposed every airport's Achilles' heel: the vulnerable areas outside interior screening checkpoints where typically hundreds of people roam freely before boarding a plane or picking up a loved one. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev today blamed the attack at Domodedovo Airport, which killed 35 people and wounded more than 150, partly on "breaches in security." The explosives were carried in a suitcase and detonated in the arrivals hall in the airport's international terminal. Airport officials have placed some metal detectors ...
Fairport Harbor, Ohio, Natural Gas Explosion Aftermath [VIDEO]
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsEarly this morning residents of Fairport Harbor, Ohio, were told to evacuate their homes after one of the village's natural gas lines malfunctioned and began leaking gas into buildings. The tiny Lake Erie shore town, which has a population of 3,000, also closed schools and businesses. One building explosion and at least 15 fires were reported. Several structures have been destroyed, but there appear to have been no injuries. By midafternoon residents were allowed to return to their homes. Mayor Frank J. Sarosy has said that emergency crews have put out the blazes and that the situation ...
Antique Grenades Used as Bookends Detonated in Florida
By Ben Muessig - AOL NewsFire in the home! A police bomb squad was forced to detonate World War II-era grenades after a Florida man pulled the pin on an antique armament that had long been used as a bookend. The DeLand resident called authorities early Jan. 11 and told them he had a bad feeling about a pineapple-style grenade given to him by a neighbor, who had used it as a bookend. The man said he had pulled the pin on the grenade -- then got freaked out and quickly stuck it back in, according to ClickOrlando.com. "This could have been very dangerous; somebody could have lost a life," Volusia County Sheriff's ...
Russian Passenger Jet Catches Fire, Explodes on Runway
By not in system - AOL NewsMOSCOW -- A Russian passenger jet carrying 124 people caught fire as it taxied down a snowy runway in Siberia and then exploded on Saturday, killing three people and injuring 43, including six who were badly burned, officials said. Most of the passengers and crew were evacuated before the explosion, though people on board described a chaotic scene as as the burning plane filled up with thick, black smoke and panicked passengers rushed through flames to escape. Emergency services spokesman Vadim Grebennikov said the fire, which began in one of the engines as the plane taxied for takeoff, ...
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