MORE DETAILS Update
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“Three Taliban swapped for Italian journalist killed with Dadullah”
dailytimes.com.pk ^ | Thursday, May 17, 2007
Posted on 05/16/2007 4:51:11 PM PDT by Dog
KABUL
The theft of 250 kilograms of explosives from a Whitehorse business over the weekend is under investigation, RCMP say. Cpl. Grant MacDonald said RCMP learned Tuesday afternoon of a break-and-enter at Yukon Pump, a mining and construction supply business in Whitehorse.
Upon arriving at the scene, officers discovered that thieves broke into the building over the weekend and stole 10 boxes of an explosive blasting agent weighing a total of 250 kilograms. The business operators did not notice the materials were missing until Tuesday morning. The stolen boxes contained two cartridges each of a "putty-like substance" in white plastic tube-wraps with the word Tovite written in red on each cartridge. Each tube-shaped cartridge is about 13 centimetres in diameter and 90 centimetres long.
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2007/05/16/whse-explosives.html
Blast at coffee bar near US embassy in Albania
An explosion at a coffee bar near the US embassy in Tirana injured a waitress and caused slight damage today, Albanian police reported. The explosion at Bar Deus, yards away from the walls of the US embassy in the Albanian capital, was caused by less than an ounce of dynamite left at a table.
The blast occurred at 12.10pm (11.10am Irish Time), slightly injuring waitress Violeta Pano, 50, according to a police statement.
http://www.eecho.ie/news/bstory.asp?j=4664175&p=4664y9x&n=4664267
FOX 11 News just broke from LAX saying “MORTAR SHELLS” were found in the search area at Terminal 2. The terminal has been evacuated.