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Mom sniffs out son's alleged stink-bomb plot

A Colorado mom with a nose for trouble marched her son into the principal's office and said he was planning to set off a stink bomb at the school. Frederick High School was briefly evacuated on Thursday after the woman reported the alleged plot. There were no reports of any would-be bombs going off.

1 killed in bombing near Philippine police station

Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants set off a powerful homemade bomb outside a police station and an adjoining building used for a U.S.-funded peace-building project in the southern Philippines, killing a janitor and wounding eight other people, police said.

'Elf' jailed over dynamite hoax on Ga. mall Santa

A man dressed as an elf is jailed after police in Georgia say he told a mall Santa that he was carrying dynamite.

Cops: Woman makes threat to help boss make flight

A South Florida woman has been charged with calling in a bomb threat to keep her boss from missing a flight. An arrest report said a 31-year-old woman was charged Thursday with making a false report of planting a bomb. Miami International Airport officials received a call and an e-mail Wednesday claiming that a bomb was on an American Airlines plane. Police searched the specified aircraft but didn't find a bomb.

Jordanian faces June trial in alleged Dallas plot

A Jordanian man charged with trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper with what he thought was a car bomb will go on trial next summer.

Bomb targets Panathinaikos fan club, no injuries

Greek police say a small bomb has exploded outside a Panathinaikos fan club in Athens, causing minor damage but no injuries.

Ill. man charged in bomb plot will undergo tests

A judge has ordered psychological testing for a central Illinois man charged with plotting to blow up a federal courthouse.

Jordanian pleads not guilty in Dallas bomb plot

A Jordanian man accused of trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper with what he thought was a car bomb pleaded not guilty during his arraignment Monday.

Deadly blast hits Pakistan police, mosque

A car bomb exploded in front of a police station and near a mosque in the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing at least seven people and trapping a number under debris.

Brother of Texas bomb plot suspect held in Calif.

The brother of a Jordanian man accused of trying to bomb a Texas skyscraper is being held in San Francisco as a material witness.

A look at the MOP, 'massive ordnance penetrator'

The "massive ordnance penetrator," or MOP bomb, will be the largest conventional bomb in the U.S. arsenal. It is now undergoing testing and is slated to come on line by mid-2010.

US wants bunker-buster fast, denies Iran is reason

The Pentagon is speeding up delivery of a colossal bomb designed to destroy hidden weapons bunkers buried underground and shielded by 10,000 pounds of reinforced concrete.

Jordanian indicted in alleged Dallas bomb plot

A federal grand jury has indicted a Jordanian teen accused of trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper with what he thought was a car bomb, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

Judge says Dallas bomb plot case to proceed

A Jordanian teenager accused of trying to blow up a Dallas skyscraper researched how to use a cell phone to detonate a bomb and recorded a 7-minute video he believed would be transmitted to Osama bin Laden, an FBI agent who oversaw the investigation testified Monday.

Small bomb explodes near Greek PM

A small bomb exploded on Friday at a campaign rally attended by Prime Minister Costas Karamanlis and tens of thousands of his supporters, but caused no injuries, police said.

'Saturday Night Live' starts season with F-bomb

"Saturday Night Live" has started the season with a bang, or, more precisely, an F-bomb.

In 2 bomb cases, FBI let sting operation play out

As Hosam Maher Husein Smadi prepared to remotely detonate what he believed was a powerful bomb underneath a Dallas skyscraper, his comrade-in-arms, who was actually an undercover FBI agent, offered him earplugs, authorities say.

Men accused of unrelated bomb plots in Ill., Texas

Two men unconnected to each other or to the investigation that has spawned recent national terrorism warnings are in federal custody after attempting to detonate what they thought were bombs outside an Illinois courthouse and a Texas skyscraper, authorities said.

Ex-roommate: Dallas bomb plot suspect was suicidal

A former roommate of the suspect in a failed bomb plot in Dallas says his friend was lonely and suicidal in recent months.

Men accused of unrelated bomb plots in Ill., Texas

A man who idolized American born Taliban soldier John Walker Lindh and a Jordanian national who frequented extremist Web sites are charged in unrelated cases after attempting to detonate what they thought were bombs outside an Illinois courthouse and a Texas skyscraper, federal officials said.

AP NewsBreak: Nuke agency says Iran can make bomb

Iran experts at the U.N.'s nuclear monitoring agency believe that Tehran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and worked on developing a missile system that can carry an atomic warhead, according to a confidential report seen by The Associated Press.

FBI director says turf problems with ATF linger

FBI Director Robert Mueller conceded to Congress Wednesday that turf fights persist between his agents and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

AP Exclusive: Probe finds FBI, ATF feud over cases

A draft government report says agents of the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are feuding over bomb investigations.

Fallout from nuclear tests leads to health crisis

Pius Henry fears his adopted government will kill him, that the United States won't live up to a health care obligation to people from Pacific islands where it tested nuclear bombs.

UK authorities evacuate 2 villages after bomb find

British authorities say they will evacuate two small villages in northern England after a World War II-era bomb was found buried in a nearby field.

Ahmadinejad Says U.S. Forged Report on Iranian Test of Atomic Bomb Trigger
Source: The New York Times

Ahmadinejad was asked by ABC News about a report in London's Times newspaper last week on what it said was a confidential Iranian technical document describing a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator, the part of a warhead that sets off an explosion.

Al Jazeera English - CENTRAL/S. ASIA - Deaths in Peshawar press club blast
Source: AL JAZEERA

Two people have been killed and 12 others injured after a suicide bomber attacked a club for journalists in Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar. The attacker blew himself up on Tuesday when stopped by police, an official said.

Terror at Perth Avenue amid death and bomb threats - thestar.com
Source: Toronto Star

The trouble began exactly one year ago, when the letters started to mysteriously appear. The first threatened to kill a Toronto teacher and her newborn baby.

Mom sniffs out son's alleged stink-bomb plot
Source: gmanews.tv

A Colorado mom with a nose for trouble marched her son into the principal's office and said he was planning to set off a stink bomb at the school.

Iran announces upgraded missile has been test-fired - The Boston Globe
Source: The Boston Globe

Very Scary. Are we going to wait and see what happens?

US to Stage Simulated Iran Missile Attack After Sajjil-2 Test
Source: Christian Science Monitor

The Pentagon will simulate an Iranian missile attack in a missile defense test next month, news reports said a day after Iran test-fired a Saijjil-2 medium-range missile.

US Drones Regularly Tapped by Iraqi Militants
Source: Google

Iraqi militants have regularly used cheap and widely-available software to intercept the feeds of US-operated drones, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. More Articles

Iran Test-Fires Its Most Advanced Missile
Source: The New York Times

"This is the missile of greatest concern at this point," said Valerie Lincy, senior associate at the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control from her office in Paris.

Officials: World power meeting on Iran canceled - Yahoo! News
Source: Yahoo! News

[The world powers also have to worry about an increasingly edgy Israel. The Jewish state sees an Islamic Republic with such weapons as an existential threat — and has repeatedly indicated it is ready to hit Iran militarily.]

Duke of Edinburgh gaffes by mocking blind boy
Source: Telegraph

The family of Stephen Menary, a teenage army cadet who was blinded in an IRA bombing, had been invited to meet the Queen and her husband at a tree planting event in Hyde Park.

Armenia gas supplies from Russia stopped by 'bomb'
Source: BBC News

Russia has temporarily halted gas supplies to Armenia after an explosive device was found near a pipeline, Russian news reports say.

BBC News - Pakistan spy agency office attacked in Multan
Source: BBC News

A gun and bomb attack on an office of Pakistan's main intelligence agency in the central city of Multan has killed at least 12 people, police say.

DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Blast in Rawalpindi
Source: dawn.com

RAWALPINDI: A blast took place near Rawalpindi's Qasim market on Friday, DawnNews reported.   Police and ambulances were on their way to the blast's site which has now been cordoned off by security personnel.   This is the second time that Qasim market has been attacked.

Tourist Arrested In Disney World Bomb Threat
Source: News4Jax.com - Local News

A German tourist was arrested Sunday after he told a cast member at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom that he had two bombs in his backpack, according to authorities.

Russian train in 'terrorist attack'
Source: The Times

A second terrorist bomb has exploded at the site of a fatal Russian train crash, claim officials. There was an explosion today near the wreckage of a derailed Russian express train, which had crashed last night killing at least 26 people.

Woman accused of phoning bomb threat posts bond
Source: Channel 7 WSVN

A woman accused of calling in a bomb threat to Miami International Airport with the alleged intention of delaying her boss' flight was released on bond Friday.

Israel police arrest Mossad agent planting car bomb in Tel Aviv
Source: BBC News

A trainee spy for Israel's secret service agency Mossad was arrested by Tel Aviv police while taking part in a training operation, media reports say. The young trainee was spotted by a female passer-by as he planted a fake bomb under a vehicle in the city.

DAWN.COM | World | Thirty years on, Mecca mosque siege reverberates
Source: dawn.com

RIYADH: Thirty years ago, as tens of thousands of hajj pilgrims were completing dawn prayers inside Mecca, gunshots pierced the sanctity of the Grand Mosque.

BBC News - Suicide bomb kills 19 in Pakistani city of Peshawar
Source: BBC News

A bomb attack outside a court in the north-western Pakistani city of Peshawar has killed at least 19 people and injured many others, medics say. The blast on the busy Khyber Road came during rush hour and is the latest in a series in the city in recent weeks.

Woman Admits Killing Husband She Said Planned "Dirty Bomb" Attack on Washington
Source: Global Security

A Maine woman pleaded guilty Friday to killing her husband, who she said had wanted to detonate a radiological "dirty bomb" during the inauguration of U.S. President Barack Obama, the Bangor Daily News reported.

Bomb-Proof Wallpaper Is Stronger Than the Wall It Papers
Source: Gizmodo

Holy crap, you guys, bomb proof wallpaper. This stuff is strong enough to keep very heavy flying objects from breaking walls—in tests, one thin layer was enough to keep a wrecking ball from knocking down a concrete wall.

Iraq Pays $85 Million for Magic "Explosives Detectors"-- i.e. Dowsing Rods
Source: The New York Times

The small hand-held wand, with a telescopic antenna on a swivel, is being used at hundreds of checkpoints in Iraq. But the device works "on the same principle as a Ouija board" — the power of suggestion — said a retired United States Air Force officer, Lt. Col.

'human Bomb' Woman Freed From Court
Source: Daily Express

A mother-of-six who admitted hiding an explosives manual in her burka wrote a note suggesting she was willing to blow up herself and her children, a police source has said.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Karachi bombing accused acquitted
Source: BBC News

A Pakistani court has acquitted a man sentenced to death in the June 2002 Sheraton hotel bombing which killed 11 French engineers in Karachi.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | 'An attack of sheer hellishness'
Source: BBC News

As people in the Pakistani city of Peshawar recover from Wednesday's devastating car bomb attack, the BBC's Abdul Hai Kakar recounts his experience as one of the first journalists to arrive on the scene.