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A woman who dug up an unexploded World War Two bomb in her garden said she threw it across the lawn for her dog before she realised what it was. Lulu Cirillo, 49, was gardening at her home in Weymouth when her spade struck the bomb 10in (25.4cm) down. She thought it was a large stone and took it inside before taking to Facebook to ask people what they thought it was. The bomb was detonated on Weymouth Beach at about 21:00 BST on Saturday. When Ms Cirillo dug the device up, she initially thought her pet Shih Tzu Cica...

It was a kind of coincidence that this week, there was a movie on bomb disposals in Germany and... then there was an item in the papers about this plane that was flying along and somehow, a bomb came loose and fell... it didn't explode, it landed and they had to send out an expert team to disarm the bomb. It's always an expert, courageous team of men who disarm these bombs... and I got to wondering what would happen if a team of non-experts ever tried to disarm one of these bombs... and I picture a very small coastal...

Carole Longhorn, 65, took a number of unusual safety stops after discovered the explosive SNIP She hit the metal object with a spade while she was gardening at her home and when she looked closer realised it was in the shape of a shell. SNIP Once she had dug it up she took it inside their house and left it on the coffee table, before Mr Longhorn heard a rattle and turned around to see his wife washing mud off the bomb in the sink. Police were called and experts confirmed they believed that the bomb was still live. They...

Virginia Man Killed In Civil War Cannonball Blast May 02, 2008 CHESTER, Va. — Like many boys in the South, Sam White got hooked on the Civil War early, digging up rusting bullets and military buttons in the battle-scarred earth of his hometown. As an adult, he crisscrossed the Virginia countryside in search of wartime relics — weapons, battle flags, even artillery shells buried in the red clay. He sometimes put on diving gear to feel for treasures hidden in the black muck of river bottoms. But in February, White's hobby cost him his life: A cannonball he was restoring...

BERLIN (BNO NEWS) -- German authorities on Thursday evacuated more than 20,000 people after an unexploded World War II bomb was discovered in the city of Halle, officials said. The unexploded 500-kilogram (1,100-pound) wartime bomb was discovered by a man digging a ditch. At least 20,000 people, including all 500 patients at a local hospital, were forced to evacuate the area, the German dpa news agency reported. Local police chief Bernd Wiegand said everyone within a radius of 800 meters (0.5 mile) was ordered to evacuate. Six schools and the city's hospital had to close as a result.

Three people have been killed and six injured trying to defuse a World War II bomb in central Germany. Workers building a sports stadium had earlier unearthed the bomb in the town of Goettingen. It was not immediately clear why the bomb, reportedly weighing 500kg (1,100lb), had detonated. Unexploded WWII bombs dropped by Allied planes are frequently found in Germany, though it is unusual for them to explode unexpectedly. A special commission is investigating the causes of the explosion, while prosecutors are considering whether the team leader should face charges of manslaughter through culpable negligence, the BBC's Oana Lungescu reports...

BERLIN (AP) -- Three experts working to defuse a bomb from World War II were killed when the device exploded, injuring six others, police said Wednesday. Some 7,000 residents from around the area in the central German town of Goettingen, where the 1100-pound (500-kilogram) heavy bomb was found, were still being evacuated when it blew up late Tuesday.

3/22/2010 - WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFNS) -- While every job in the Air Force is important for the success of the mission, there are some jobs that leave no room for error. One such career field is the explosive ordnance disposal specialty whose motto, "Initial Success or Total Failure" are words to live by -- literally. EOD technicians conduct post blast analysis to determine techniques, tactics, procedures of the enemy, train the force on proper techniques when faced with improvised explosive devices, provide clearing and explosive hazard support for combat Airmen and support flying operations by rendering aircraft...

'Legendary' Soldier Who Defused 64 Taliban Bombs Is Blown Up On His Last Day On The Front Line By IAN DRURY 03rd November 2009 An army bomb disposal expert who saved countless lives in Afghanistan was killed on his final mission in the warzone. Staff Sergeant Olaf Schmid, 30, died instantly when a roadside bomb he was trying to disarm blew up. The Improvised Explosive Devices are the favoured weapon of the Taliban and since June Sergeant Schmid had successfully dealt with 64 of them. Legendary figure: Olaf Schmid was renowned for his expertise in disarming explosive devices. Colleagues described...