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An explosion shook the largely deserted streets of downtown Nashville early Christmas morning, shattering windows, damaging buildings and wounding three people. Authorities said they believed the blast was intentional. The FBI is leading the investigation. The police came across a suspicious RV parked outside a nearby AT&T building near Second Avenue and Commerce Street before 6 a.m., when initially responding to calls of shots fired in the area, said Metro police spokesperson Don Aaron. There was no immediate evidence of any shooting but officers alerted the department’s bomb squad, which was en route when a “significant explosion” happened about 30...

Like the US and Britain, Germany is stockpiling vaccines against biological weapons, but the government is keeping mum about the specifics. Since three terrorist suspects were arrested on November 9 in London, the media there have been reporting that the men were preparing to carry out a nerve gas attack on the city's subway system. British officials have tried to reassure the public that no gas was found and that it is safe to ride the "Tube." Getting ready So far, officials in Berlin have had no reason to worry about possible attacks on that city's underground system. The government,...