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First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 2 reports

Meteorite explosions on moon caught on NASA camera

(NASA/CNN) - NASA scientists recorded a powerful explosion on the moon recently.A meteoroid struck the lunar surface at speeds of 56,000 mph on March 17.The impact was so powerful the flash of bright light from the blast could be seen on Earth with the ... [Published Live 5 WCSC - 2 hours ago]

Entities: NASA, Meteorite, Detonation

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 11 reports

Breaking News: Several blasts rock Libyan cities

Explosions have gone off in the Libyan capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi.A security official said one bombing targeted an abandoned church in Benghazi which had been previously damaged by fire.The explosion damaged only a car parked ... [Published Ormskirk and Skelmersdale Advertiser - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Benghazi, Tripoli (Libya), Casualty, Bombing, Detonation

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 6 reports

3 killed, 5 injured by blast in Syrian capital: TV

At least three people were killed and five others wounded when a car bomb ripped through Damascus' district of Ruken Addien Saturday night, Syria's state TV said.A "big" explosive device was planted under a car in the northeastern district of Ruken Addien, ... [Published Global Times - 7 hours ago]

Entities: Damascus, Syria, Mortar, Car Bomb

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated 3 hours ago - 19 reports

NASA

NASA watching lunar impacts from meteoroids

A meteoroid struck the surface of the moon recently, causing an explosion that was visible on Earth without the aid of a telescopeThe object struck the lunar surface at speeds of 56,000 miles-per-hour on March 17.The impact was so powerful, the flash ... [Published Fox 4 WDAF TV - 4 hours ago]

Entities: NASA, Detonation, Powerful

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 19 hours ago - 13 reports

Blasts claim 76 lives in Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 17: Bombs struck Sunni localities in Baghdad and surrounding areas on Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months, officials said, as a spike in violence has raised fears the country could be ... [Published DAWN Group - 23 hours ago]

Entities: Baghdad, Iraq, Shia Islam, Bomb, Sunni Islam

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 21 hours ago - 5 reports

Explosion in smuggled oil depot kills 10 in southern Turkey

According to initial reports, the blast occured after gendarmes raided a house acting on a smuggling tip-off and the suspects set the depot on fire. An explosion that took place in a depot containing smuggled oil in the Altınz district of southern province ... [Published World Bulletin - May 18 2013]

Entities: Smuggling, Detonation, Turkey

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 22 hours ago - 6 reports

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan)

Pakistan blasts kill 10 people

Saved under Headlines, Pakistan, WorldExplosions set off near two Sunni Muslim mosques in the northwestern area of Pakistan on Friday have killed 10 people and left scores more injured, according to a police official here.Amjad Ali, Malakands’s deputy ... [Published The Guardian Express - May 17 2013]

Entities: Pakistan, Amjad Ali, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (Pakistan), Imran Khan

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated 23 hours ago - 30 reports

Meteoroid impact triggers bright flash on Moon | ABC Radio Australia

A 40-kilogram space rock has slammed into the Moon at about 90,000 kilometres per hour, creating a bright flash of light as it exploded with a force of five tonnes of TNT, according to NASA. An automated telescope captured the images of the March 17 explosion, ... [Published Newsvine - 23 hours ago]

Entities: NASA, Detonation, Australia

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 8 reports

Elderly man badly injured in explosion of gasoline tank

ALBION – A 75-year-old Town of Carlton man was flown by Mercy Flight helicopter to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester for treatment of severe burns he suffered Friday morning when a 200-gallon gasoline tank he was trying to repair exploded outside ... [Published Buffalo News - May 17 2013]

Entities: Detonation, Strong Memorial Hospital, Acetylene

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 9 reports

Monthlong investigation into cause of Texas fertilizer explosion leaves three possibilities

After a massive monthlong investigation, the cause of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion is still a mystery, authorities announced Thursday. They've narrowed it down to three possibilities : a golf cart, electrical problems and arson. Unless ... [Published Daily Kos - May 17 2013]

Entities: Detonation, Fertilizer, Chemical

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 3 reports

Bombings kill dozens of Sunnis in Iraq

Bombs struck Sunnis leaving a mosque and attending a funeral in Iraq on Friday, killing dozens amid festering tensions between Sunnis and Shiites.At least 40 people were killed and 46 others wounded Friday in two roadside explosions outside a Sunni m ... [Published KITV 4 - May 17 2013]

Entities: Sunni Islam, Iraq, Bombing

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 14 reports

Arson not ruled out in US fertilizer plant explosions: officials

US authorities said Thursday that investigators have not ruled out the possibility that last month's fatal blasts at a fertilizer plant in the US state of Texas were caused by an intentionally-set fire.Meanwhile, officials said at a news briefing Thursday ... [Published Global Times - May 17 2013]

Entities: Fertilizer Plant, Arson, Detonation

Quotes

"I also hold the BritishBritish government responsible as I had warned them about British citizen Altaf Hussain after his open threats."

Upmarket Pakistan district votes again after politician's murder [Published MSN News - 7 mins ago]

"I hope the plans will be implemented to minimise damage from a disaster beyond what we can predict."

Mount Fuji eruption could affect 130,000 [Published Asiaone - 16 mins ago]

...All the baddies. "The thing is," says co-founder of Halen Môn, Alison Lea-Wilson, "we know having too much is not good for you. But we need some, so why not use your recommended daily intake of sodium [2.4 grams] on the best you can get."

Gourmet or plain, we all love salt [Published IOL - 18 mins ago]

"When we saw an aerial map of West, we knew we had better get busy and initiate meetings to address this safety concern,? Parker said. ?Our town is almost a mirror image of West, and we see what happened there.?The bank president, who has served as the volunteer fire department?s chief for 40-plus years, works daily in his office just across the street from Eldorado, and he admitted the ?what if?? thought had crossed his mind.?I live just across the other street, and the fire station is across the other street, so I am not in a safe zone at home or work in the event of some type of explosion,? he said.Feelings about Eldorado vary throughout the town, with some residents concerned and others unaware of what happened in West."

Is it safe living by a fertilizer plant? [Published Tyler Morning Telegraph - 1 hour ago]

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Upmarket Pakistan district votes again after po... [Published MSN News - 7 mins ago]
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Blogs

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Turkey: Syrian Refugees Targeted after Reyhanlı... [Published Global Voices Online - 11 hours ago] On May 11th, Reyhanlı [en] small Turkish town on Turkey-Syria border, was under terrorist attacks . This was the biggest terrorist attack [en] in country's 90 year-old republican history. After the explosions nine people were detained [en] by ...
Syria’s Assad Says He Won’t Step Down [Published The China Blog - 12 hours ago] (BEIRUT) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won’t step down and will instead “face the storm,” raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country’s civil ...
Syria’s Assad Says He Won’t Step Down [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - 12 hours ago] (BEIRUT) — Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won’t step down and will instead “face the storm,” raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country’s civil ...
Two Anecdotes About My Parents and Marijuana [Published Gawker - 13 hours ago] Last year, my boyfriend and I went to West Virginia to visit my mother while she was undergoing chemotherapy for cancer. It was the second time she’d been diagnosed in three years, and the side effects from these treatments were much worse. My previous ...
It’s DSM 5 day [Published Left Brain/Right Brain - 17 hours ago] Yes, the day has arrived that the DSM 5 (the Diagnostic and Statistical manual) is released by the American Psychiatric Association. The DSM codifies the traits which make up, among many other things, an autism diagnosis. There was a great deal of ...

Audio/Video

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Iraq blasts hit Sunni areas [Published Reuters Video: Top News - 21 hours ago]
At least eight dead in Afghan blasts [Published Reuters Video: Top News - May 18 2013]
West, Texas, fertilizer plant blast cause still... [Published CBS News Online - YouTube - May 17 2013]
From hero to pipe bomb suspect [Published CNN.com - Video - May 17 2013]
Arson not ruled out in Texas explosion [Published CNN.com - Video - May 17 2013]

Press Releases

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