A container bearing a radioactive substance was stolen Monday from a company warehouse in Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, police said. A security camera at the warehouse of Non-Destructive Inspection Co. caught an image of a person removing the container bearing iridium 192—2 millimeters in diameter and 2 mm long—at around 1:40 a.m. Saturday, the Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry said quoting a report from the company.
An employee of the company found the stainless steel hermetic container, which is 25 centimeters in diameter and 40 cm long and weighs 17 kilograms, was missing at around 7 a.m. Monday, according to the police. Anyone exposed to the substance could suffer vomiting a day or so later and acute radiation damage within three days, according to the ministry.
http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/radioactive-substance-stolen-from-chiba-warehouse
Bomb convicts escape through tunnel in Morocco
Monday, April 07, 2008
A group of Islamic militants, jailed in connection with suicide bombings that killed 45 people in Casablanca five years ago, has escaped detention.
Initial media reports indicate that nine prisoners, all convicted for links to the bombings, tunneled their way out of a prison in Kenitra, Morocco.
http://www.sootoday.com/content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=31259
Weapons seized nearby Macedonian village of Tanusevci
7 April 2008
Skopje - A significant quantity of weapons was found and seized in a police action conducted early Monday at Ramno locality in the village of Tanusevci (Skopje region), the Macedonian Information Agency reports.
93 various types of grenades for RPG-7, one charger for M79 Osa grenade launcher, nine pieces - chargers for mortar launchers of 12mm, four pieces-chargers for mortar launcher of 60mm and two mechanisms for RPG-7 were seized by the police. The Macedonian Ministry of Interior, according to initial findings, announced that the weapons, which were hidden in a forest under branches and kept in bags, were made in China.
The seized weapons were immediately transported in the "Gjorce Petrov" barracks in Skopje. Probe into clarifying the case is under way.
SANAA, Yemen -- A housing complex used by foreigners in Yemen's capital came under attack late Sunday, with explosives shattering windows but causing no injuries, U.S. and Yemeni officials said.
The U.S. Embassy in Yemen said "three explosive rounds" hit the compound in the upscale Haddah neighborhood. Two rounds exploded inside the compound and another blew up outside the building, it said in a statement.
"The embassy advises all U.S. citizens to exercise caution in this area of the city," the statement said. After the blasts, Westerners were seen evacuating the compound. Some rolled suitcases and carried boxes to vehicles with diplomatic plates. Women huddled in idling cars, while children lugged backpacks.
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/04/06/yemen.blast.ap/index.html?iref=hpmostpop
Mauritanian security forces battle Islamic militants sought in killing of 4 French tourists
April 7, 2008
NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - Mauritanian security forces surrounded and exchanged fire Monday with gunmen accused of links to al-Qaida and involvement in the killing of four French tourists in December.
An Associated Press reporter saw the bodies of two men killed during sporadic shooting that lasted at least two hours on the eastern outskirts of the West African nation's capital, Nouakchott. One of the dead was a police officer. The other was a gunman in civilian clothes lying outside a house surrounded by police as well as soldiers who were calling in as reinforcements.
Abdallahi Sidi, an officer assigned to the country's anti-terrorism police unit, said four to five men armed with Kalashnikov assault rifles were holed up inside the house. Their nationalities were not immediately known.
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http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565276369970661428
Ping to Oorang’s post: “Radioactive substance stolen from Chiba warehouse (Japan)”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1995304/posts?page=342#342
“...tunneled their way out of a prison in Kenitra, Morocco.”
Duly noted and thanks Oorang.