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Six explosions hit Bombay's commuter rail network during rush hour Tuesday evening, ripping apart train compartments and reportedly injuring dozens of people, police and Indian media said. Indian television news channels broadcast video of the wounded sprawled on train tracks and being carried through stations. The Press Trust of India news agency said six blasts occurred along the city's commuter rail network, which is among the most crowded in the world. India's financial center of Bombay and the capital of New Delhi were reportedly on high alert.

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia - A series of bombs exploded in Ethiopia's capital Friday, killing four people and wounding at least 42, police and witnesses said. Federal police spokesman Commander Demsash Hailu said the blasts were the work of an organization trying to discredit the government but did not offer specifics. The bombings came just before Monday's anniversary of last year's general election. International observers called the balloting seriously flawed and opposition politicians have refused to take up their posts in protest of what they called government vote-rigging. Police have blamed other small bombings in recent months on alleged militant elements...

Al-Jazeera has set up this poll about whether you think that Syria is guilty of the explosions in Lebanon. The page is in arabic! The poll is on the right hand side of the page (arabic goes from right to left), right above the last advertisement on the page (the poll is in the middle of the page so you need to scroll down a little). The Syrians have been voting No (second choice) and therefore Lebanese are losing 55 to 45. You know what to do...

Zaka reported that the series of explosions that rocked the Buncefield oil depot in Hevel Hempstead, 25 miles north of London, were set off when a plane crashed into the oil storage facility at Leverstock Green. The oil depot is located near Luton Airport. Eyewitnesses have reported that people were injured in the incident, although the number and severity of the injuries were unknown. Ambulances were on their way to evacuate the victims. Eyewitnesses reported "enormous" blasts, which shook structures for miles around. The Hempstead Ramada hotel, whose windows were heavily damaged, has been evacuated. A large fire broke out,...

Three large explosions have rocked a fuel depot north of London, shooting flames hundreds of metres into the sky. Thirty-six people have been injured, four of them seriously. Police say that at this stage they are treating the blasts as an accident. The three explosions woke up residents dozens of kilometres away from the big fuel depot at Buncefield, near Luton airport north of London. Houses kilometres away have reported buckled front doors, cracked walls and blown-out windows. The area near the site has been evacuated, while police have advised residents living nearby to keep their windows and doors closed...

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England — A series of explosions at one of Britain's largest oil depots shook an area north of London Sunday, shattering windows and sending billowing clouds of smoke and flames high into the sky. Police said the blasts appeared to be accidental. The oil depot is near an airport and some residents reported hearing an aircraft flying low overhead shortly before the first explosion at around 6 a.m. But area police issued a statement saying there was "nothing to suggest a plane was involved." The al-Qaida terror network and other terrorist groups have threatened to target fuel depots....

<p>There has been a large explosion followed by two smaller blasts in the St Albans area, around 25 miles north of London.</p> <p>Sky Correspondent Sky Meade has said he can see flames about 200ft in the sky and there appears to be burning fuel.</p>

MSNBC reporting explosions near the Superdome. CNN reporting thick smoke billowing from the area

Sick,Slick Self-Promoting Radicals and 9/11 The latest buzz – among the sick, slick radical set – is the release of the 9/11 tapes. “ A-hah !” , they declaim . “EXPLOSIONS in the World Trade Center !!” Yes, they say. The audio tapes clearly reveal the sound of explosions…which means: ( Ta- dah !!) “The Twin Towers were brought down by BOMBS – cunningly planted by:” (Choose one or – What the heck ! – Choose all !) 1. Mossad Agents - seeking to promote World Zionism ; 2. Jewish terrorists - seeking to smear peaceful Muslims; 3. The CIA...

DACCA - At least 100 bombs of low power exploded in a nearly simultaneous way Wednesday in several cities of Bangladesh, including 15 in the Dacca capital, according to the police force. According to information's given by the police force, 111 bombs, apparently very of artisanal manufacture and low power, exploded in this Moslem country directed by a allied governmental coalition with the islamist parties. Approximately 15 bombs exploded in the capital, 20 in the large port of the south-east of the country, Chittagong. Last nine explosions were announced to Barisal, in the south, and at least six in...

The bombs were identical in size and design: one in a black nylon duffel bag, the other in a black knapsack with grayish trim. Each was made of 10 kilos of powerful commercial explosives - essentially sawdust soaked in nitroglycerine - with nuts and bolts for shrapnel. Left on seats in a commuter rail car, they were detonated almost simultaneously using cellphones. The explosions ripped into the steel, plastic and fiberglass, sending a deadly shock wave through the passenger compartment and hurtling twisted chunks of metal, debris and tiny bits of the bombs hundreds of feet in every direction. Almost...

You don’t have to be a conspiracy buff to think the recent spate of incidents at BP facilities was maybe a little much to comfortably call coincidence. The FBI’s not going near that, but did confirm it was conducting what it called routine investigations of the incidents. Bureau officials said there was no evidence or indication that any of the incidents might involve deliberate acts, and that such probes had become routine since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. BP’s Texas City oil refinery and a subsidiary’s chemical plant at Chocolate Bayou have been at the center of six large incidents in...

Iraqi and U.S. troops respond to two separate attacks; ordnance disposal teams detonated unexploded ordnance discovered at the scene. MAHMUDIYAH, Iraq, July 26, 2005 — Iraqi Army and U.S. soldiers assigned to Task Force Baghdad helped treat victims of two separate terrorist attacks in Mahmudiyah and Al-Dora, July 21. Prior to the explosions, U.S. troops assigned to 3rd Platoon, E Troop, 108th Cavalry Regiment, 48th Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, and the Iraqi Army’s 4th Brigade, 6th Iraqi Division operations and intelligence leaders met to plan future combined missions near Siad Abdullah and the surrounding areas which are known...

Just Breaking announcement on FOX. No more info at this time.

BAGHDAD, July 11 (KUNA) -- US troops and Iraqi security forces continued Monday carrying out Operation Sword in the Zaidan area southeastern Al-Falujah. A Multi-National Forces (MNF) statement said today that the operation is to clear the area along the Euphrates River between the towns of Haditha and Heet in Al-Anbar province of terrorists and foreign fighters. Furthermore, an explosive device blew-up early this morning near a US Army patrol vehicle, the statement said, adding that another explosion took place during a security patrol. The statement added that US Marines discovered two ammunition caches in the Zaidan area including bombs,...

APPARENTLY co-ordinated blasts across London's transport network today bear similarities to last year's Madrid bombings and suggest an attack in the style of al-Qaeda, security analysts said. Officially, there was no immediate confirmation from British authorities that they were treating the explosions as an attack by militants. London's police chief said there were about six blasts. The use of near-simultaneous attacks to cause maximum damage and panic is a tactic frequently used by al-Qaeda, from the 1998 bombing of two US embassies in East Africa to the September 11 attacks on the United States with four hijacked airliners in 2001....

Is it just me or does anyone else wonder at the oil refinery explosions happening at the start of every Spring/Summer rise in gasoline prices?

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Iraq's first freely elected parliament in half a century began its opening session Wednesday after a series of explosions targeted the gathering. President Bush called the session a ``bright moment'' for Iraq, but added there was no timetable for withdrawing U.S. troops. The parliament's 275 members, elected during Jan. 30 balloting, convened in an auditorium amid tight security in the heavily guarded Green Zone with U.S. helicopter gunships hovering overhead. -snip- Minutes before the assembly convened, at least a half-dozen explosions detonated a few hundred yards away. The U.S. military said two mortar rounds landed inside...

Third explosion in eight days injures three Alex Sanz/Eyewitness News Saturday's blasts marked the third such incidents since New Year's Eve last Friday.  The explosions occurred underground on West Market Street where it meets Capitol Avenue, and sent three people to the hospital with minor injuries. "We had what I consider a major explosion.  It sounded literally like a sonic boom." said Indianapolis firefighter John Harding.The force of the blast shattered store-front windows, ripped gashes in concrete floors and shook buildings for blocks.Witness Jack Bayt recalled, "You can see the glass and the door frame laying on the street." Tonight, the...

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