Moscow – The force of the explosive device found in a car parked near a school in the settlement of Ordzhonikidzevskaya in Russia’s southern republic of Ingushetia, was equivalent to about one kilogram of TNT, sources from republican law enforcement agencies told Tass on Monday.
It consisted of about ten kilograms of a mixture of aluminium powder, ammonium nitrate and the detonator. All the ingredients were in a plastic bucket. The suspicious vehicle, VAZ-21010, was detected at about 10 pm, on Sunday, Moscow time. It had the marker lights on, and there was no driver inside. A powerful explosive device was found there. The bomb was defused. Police search for masterminds of the terrorist act.
http://www.itar-tass.com/eng/level2.html?NewsID=12208059&PageNum=0
Bomb blast injures undetermined people in southern Philippines
Dec 24, 2007
Cotabato City, Philippines - A homemade bomb exploded in a commercial district in a southern Philippine city on Christmas Eve Monday, hurting an undetermined number of people, police said. The blast occurred just after lunch near a crowded plaza and a fast-food chain in the commercial district of Cotabato City, 960 kilometres south of Manila.
Superintendent Willie Dangane, city police chief, said investigators were still looking into the type of explosives used and possible suspects in the attack. The explosion occurred as police went on alert against terrorist attacks as the predominantly Catholic Philippines prepared for Christmas, a major holiday in the country.
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Iran plans to buy Russian helicopters, fighter engines
daily times ^ | 12/25/07 | daily times
Posted on 12/24/2007 5:59:41 PM PST by Flavius
MOSCOW: Moscow and Tehran are in negotiations for the sale of fighter jet engines and helicopters to Iran, the Kommersant daily reported on Monday, citing Russian arms industry officials.
Iran wants to buy RD-33 engines for a fleet of new Iranian fighter jets, as well as an upgraded version of the Ka-32 helicopter that Tehran wants to be assembled in Iran, Kommersant said.
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Ping to blast in Philippines post no. 988.
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