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Mexico raises alert level for Popocatepetl volcano
ReutersMEXICO CITY, May 12 (Reuters) - Mexican authorities raised the alert level for the Popocatepetl volcano near Mexico City on Sunday morning after observing an increased level of explosive activity. The lava dome of Popocatepetl, some 50 miles (80 km) to...Tags: Mexico, Landforms, Volcanoes, Emergency Incidents, Mexico City
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Student charged with writing bomb threat on wall of high school bathroom
 Abdul Dshawn Dixon, a 20-year-old junior at Kings Fork High School in Suffolk, has been charged with threatening to bomb the school.  Police say the bomb threat was written on the wall of a boys' bathroom at the school.  We at Inside Tidewater hope...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Prosecution
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Turkey's Gul says global response to Syria just talk
ReutersREYHANLI, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey's President Abdullah Gul criticized the world's response to the Syria conflict on Thursday as limited to "rhetoric", saying his country had received little help in coping with a huge influx of Syrian refugees. Speaking...Tags: Abdullah Gul, Bombings, United Nations, Politics, Refugee
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Man with 18 pipe bombs described by police as 'lone wolf'
A West L.A. man who police said had 17 pipe bombs in his home is a “lone wolf” who had a fascination with explosives, police said. Police searched the home of Robert Wilson, 29, Wednesday after officials said they found him driving with...
Tags: Vicodin (drug), Emergency Incidents
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Car bombings, shooting in Iraq kill at least 17
BAGHDAD — Car bombs struck Shiite neighborhoods of the Iraqi capital and a northern city Thursday, killing 16 people, while gunmen in Baghdad shot dead the brother of a Sunni lawmaker, officials said. The attacks followed a wave of bombings...
Tags: Bombings, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Iraq, Religious Conflicts, Armed Conflicts
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Results of Texas plant explosion investigation to be released
ReutersBy Lisa Maria Garza WEST, Texas, May 16 (Reuters) - Investigators are expected to announce on Thursday the results of a probe into what caused last month's fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, that killed 14 people and obliterated sections of the...Tags: Chemical Industry, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Emergency Incidents, Fertilizer
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Student charged with school threats
The Times LeaderAn 18-year-old Crestwood High School senior was arraigned Wednesday on charges he made threats against the school. Richard M. Seiwell, of Alberdeen Road, was charged before District Judge Ronald Swank at the Wright Township Municipal Building with 12...Tags: Politics, Lobbying, Trials, FBI, Witnesses
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12 killed as suicide car bomber hits NATO convoy in Kabul
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A powerful suicide car bomb rocked Kabul on Thursday, killing six foreigners and at least six Afghan civilians, according to local officials. The attack took place around 8 a.m., a time when many people in the Afghan capital were...
Tags: Taliban, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bombings, Wars and Interventions, Afghanistan
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Turkey arrests four over bombings near Syrian border
ReutersISTANBUL, May 16 (Reuters) - Four suspects were arrested in Turkey late on Wednesday in connection with car bombings that killed 51 people in a town near the Syrian border at the weekend, state-run Anatolian news agency reported. The two bomb blasts in...Tags: Bombings, Turkey, Emergency Incidents
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BRIEF: King's Fork High student arrested after bomb threat
The Virginian-PilotAn 11th-grade student has been arrested in connection with a bomb threat made Tuesday at King's Fork High School. The threat was found about 1 p.m., written on a wall in a boy's bathroom, a city news release said. Abdul Dshawn Dixon, 20, of Suffolk is...Tags: Emergency Incidents
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Foes of S. Indiana fertilizer plant cite Texas blast
ROCKPORT, Ind. (AP) — Opponents of a proposed fertilizer plant in southern Indiana are citing safety concerns arising from last month's deadly explosion at a Texas fertilizer manufacturer as they argue that state officials should block the project....
Tags: Chemical Industry, Agriculture, Environmental Issues, Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion (2013), Ohio River
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More than a dozen possible pipe bombs found at Westside apartment
Authorities continued to investigate more than a dozen devices believed to be pipe bombs discovered at a Palms home Wednesday, but sources said preliminary information indicated the suspect was probably acting alone. Law enforcement sources said it...
Tags: Google+, Los Angeles Police Department, Emergency Incidents
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