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Articles tagged with: Bomb
Mobile Phone Used to Detonate Terrorist Bomb
Suspected Muslim guerrillas detonated a bomb near a Roman Catholic cathedral in the southern Philippines on Sunday, killing at least five people and wounding 46. more
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Mobile as Media Platform in the Global South
..the Year award given by City University in London. From 2002 to 2004, he led an Internews project in Afghanistan which established 30 FM radio stations around the country, fully digitised and linked by satellite to production networks. In 2008, more
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Former Cold-War Microwave Towers Reused for Possible Wind Turbine Sites
..made of hardened concrete and designed to withstand the shockwave from a nuclear bomb no closer than five miles away. Hence their structure can be reused for wind turbines without physical reinforcements. "We believe access to these sites and more
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Two Dead as Blasts Hit Tech City Bangalore
BANGALORE (AFP)--India's high-technology capital Bangalore was rocked by a string of bomb blasts Friday with at least two people killed and a dozen more wounded, police said. more
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Australian Bomb Detonated by Mobile Phone Claim
It has been alleged that a home made bomb which killed an Australian scientist, Dr Lionel Lowe earlier this year was triggered by a mobile phone command. In a court hearing, it was alleged that fitter machinist Ashley Wright, 26 had constructed the bomb - although a motive has not been provided. more
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Sri Lanka Bans Text Messaging on Independence Day
..ty in the country has been raised after Tamil Tiger rebels carried out a suicide bomb attack which killed 12 people and injured over 100 at the main railway station in the capital, Colombo. The Tamil Tigers have been fighting for an independent more
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Mobile Phones Could Detect Radiation from Nuclear Terrorism
..o detect and track radiation to help prevent terrorist attacks with radiological "dirty bombs" and nuclear weapons. Such a system could blanket the nation with millions of cell phones equipped with radiation sensors able to detect ev more
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Mobile Phone May Have Detonated Philippines Bomb
Philippine police are reported to suspect that a mobile phone was used to trigger a bomb at the House of Representatives that killed a congressman and two other people on Tuesday night. Police say initial investigations show that the bomb was in a motorcycle at an entrance to the building, and investigators have found parts of a cell phone that may have been used to trigger the device. Metro Manila Police Chief Geary Barias told ABS-CBN television that a person at the scene may have detonated the bomb. more
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Exploding Cellphone Battery Calls Out the Bomb-Squad
A bomb squad was sent to a school in Des Moines yesterday after reports of an explosion was heard there. It turned out to be an exploding cellphone battery in a school class-room, and no one was injured, according to a Des Moines police report cited by the Des Moines Register newspaper. more
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Taliban Threaten Afghan Mobile Phone Network
..ers to the US coalition and blocking its mobile phones."Americans use that information to bomb those areas and the Mujahedeen who are fighting a jihad against Americans and other occupiers," said Shuhab Athul, a claimed spokesman for Taliban commande more