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Vandals blowing up mailboxes in Tabb
757-928-6479One or more vandals has used homemade explosive devices to damage or destroy several mailboxes in the Tabb section of York County. Sgt. Dennis Ivey of the York-Poquoson Sheriff's Department cited five incidents -- four on Willard's Way and one on...Tags: Emergency Incidents
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Iraq: Multiple bombs target security forces in Baghdad, Mosul, killing more than 30
Associated Press WriterBAGHDAD (AP) _ A suicide bombing tore through a line of recruits waiting to enter a police academy as multiple blasts struck Iraqi security forces Monday, killing at least 33 people and wounding dozens including four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi general....Tags: Metal and Mineral, Bombings, Vehicles, Armed Conflicts, Guerrilla Activity
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US deaths in Afghanistan drop sharply due to weather, tactics and Afghan, Pakistan operations
Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) _ One American serviceman died in Afghanistan in November, a dramatic drop from earlier months that the U.S. military attributed to their campaign against insurgent leaders, operations by Afghan and Pakistani forces and the onset...Tags: Heads of State, Bombings, Vehicles, Guerrilla Activity, Death and Dying
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Bombs kill at least 34 in Iraq
Bombs targeting police recruits in Baghdad and U.S. and Iraqi security forces in the northern city of Mosul killed at least 34 people today, Iraqi police and hospital officials said.
The attacks bore the hallmark of Sunni insurgents loyal to Al Qaeda...Tags: Bombings, Vehicles, Armed Conflicts, Guerrilla Activity, Death and Dying
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Major international hotels draw foreign visitors, society's elite _ and threats from militants
Associated Press WriterLONDON (AP) _ Consider how a city looks to a terrorist seeking targets. There's the airport — inviting, but heavily secured. There's the U.S. Embassy, perimeter guarded by crack local forces and Marines. And there's the plush international hotel,...Tags: Family, Metal and Mineral, Dining and Drinking, Bombings, Restaurants
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Maitland family tells of Taj ordeal
Sentinel Staff WriterHiding under a bed in their hotel room, Luis Allen and his family could hear the explosions of grenades as they rocked the historic Taj Mahal Palace & Tower hotel. They could smell the smoke from fires. They listened as a woman pleaded with someone...Tags: Maitland, Tourism and Leisure, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Trips and Vacations, iPhone
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Elite hotels are attractive targets for terrorists
The Associated PressConsider how a city looks to a terrorist seeking targets. There's the airport — tempting, but heavily secured. There's the U.S. Embassy, but its perimeter is guarded by Marines and local forces. And there are the plush hotels, open to anyone with a...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Tourism and Leisure, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Emergency Incidents, Taj Mahal
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China coal mine blast kills 15 miners; 3 rescuers die in cave-in
BEIJING (AP) _ A coal mine blast in northern China killed 15 miners and three rescuers died in a cave-in Monday morning. China's coal mines are the world's deadliest. Coal is hugely important in China, feeding two-thirds of the economy's energy demand....Tags: Metal and Mineral, Caves and Caverns, Landforms, Mining, Coal
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Tribune dining editor heard 'firecrackers,' then chaos roiled hotel
Tribune reporterTribune dining editor Judy Hevrdejs remembers envying an elderly couple she watched share ice cream a few feet from her at the poolside courtyard of the Taj Mahal Palace hotel Wednesday night. Moments later, chaos erupted. She and others in the cafe...Tags: Tourism and Leisure, O'Hare International Airport, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Ice Cream, Emergency Incidents
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US passes along hard-learned lessons to Iraqis on how to defeat deadly roadside bombs
Associated Press WriterBESMAYA RANGE COMPLEX, Iraq (AP) _ Two Iraqi soldiers acting as insurgents hook up a cellular phone detonator to a 155mm artillery shell with a coiled red wire, bury the mock bomb in a pile of dirt next to a rusty electricity pole and then disappear...Tags: Bombings, Mini, Vehicles, Armed Conflicts, Guerrilla Activity
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The train platforms were empty but for the corpses at start of Mumbai terror siege
Associated Press WritersMUMBAI, India (AP) _ 9:21 p.m. Wednesday, Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus __ Two young men walk casually through Mumbai's main railway station, a worn Victorian hulk bustling with late commuters heading home, scurrying past small food stands and juice bars...Tags: Assault, Restaurants, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Taj Mahal, Judaism
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Nov. 23-29, 2008
MASSIVE EXPLOSION LEVELS ALLENTOWN HOME A massive explosion blew a south Allentown house to bits Tuesday, shaking buildings a mile away and launching a wheelchair 40 feet into a tree. Two brothers were in the home at the time, but both survived with...Tags: Assault, Economic Indicator, Black Friday (shopping), Brodheadsville, Allentown
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