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Blast

# blast - Monday 20 May, 2013

At least 14 killed in Afghanistan suicide blast

Reports say the bomber was wearing a police uniform. A senior local politician is believed to have died in the blast.

# blast - Friday 10 May, 2013

Criminal probe launched in Texas fertilizer plant blast that killed 14

Around 200 people were injured in the blast, which decimated the small town of 2,800 people.

# blast - Saturday 16 February, 2013

Bomb in Pakistan kills 47, injures 200

The bomb exploded in Hazara town, an area dominated by Shiites on the outskirts of Quetta.

# blast - Monday 11 February, 2013

Nine trapped after Russia coal mine blast

A total of 259 miners were working underground when the explosion went off at the Vorkutinskaya mine.

# blast - Friday 1 February, 2013

Blast at Mexico oil giant’s headquarters kills 25

The company said the cause of the deadly incident was under investigation but it is thought it may have been a gas leak.

# blast - Monday 7 January, 2013

From The Score Irish Abroad

Exiles: O’Shea blasts ref as McCall signs on until 2015 with Saracens

The Harlequins director or rugby believes Quins’ referee on Sunday was out of his depth.

# blast - Wednesday 26 December, 2012

Afghanistan: Bomb blast at US military base

The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack, which killed the bomber and three Afghans at the gate to the base.

# blast - Sunday 18 November, 2012

One body found near oil rig in Gulf of Mexico after explosion

Two workers have been missing since the explosion and fire on the oil rig on Friday.

# blast - Friday 19 October, 2012

Two killed as large explosion rattles Beirut

Local media are reporting that at least two people have been killed and 15 injured in the explosion.

15 wedding guests killed in roadside bomb in Afghanistan

The passengers were on their way to a wedding in northern Afghanistan when the bomb went off.

# blast - Wednesday 3 October, 2012

Syria: Explosions rock central Aleppo

A number of explosions have rocked a central district in the northern city of Aleppo – with some reports of casualties.

# blast - Saturday 15 September, 2012

Potentially dangerous chemicals from stricken German ship head for Cork coast

The containers are from the MSC Flaminia, which caught fire in the mid Atlantic in July.

# blast - Tuesday 29 May, 2012

Fertiliser bomb blamed for Kenyan blast

The FBI has joined the investigation into the blast, which ripped through a building full of small shops, wounding 33 people yesterday.

# blast - Wednesday 11 April, 2012

Explosion blows in windows of south Dublin home

Two cars were also damaged when a device detonated outside a house in Walkinstown.

# blast - Monday 12 March, 2012

The 9 at 9: Monday

Nine things to know this morning…

# blast - Thursday 19 January, 2012

Two explosions in Derry

The PSNI is investigating the possible causes of the two blasts, but say that nobody has been reported injured.

# blast - Saturday 14 January, 2012

Three people injured in gas explosion in Leixlip

Bord Gáis Networks were attending to a leak in a nearby premises when the blast occurred.

# blast - Saturday 29 October, 2011

Thirteen NATO troops and four civilians killed in Kabul blast

The 13 soldiers killed were all American troops. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack.

# blast - Monday 12 September, 2011

Dozens burned to death in petrol pipeline explosion

At least 40 bodies have been counted after the blast in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, according to reports.

# blast - Friday 29 July, 2011

Ukraine mine blast kills 16

The blast took place early this morning more than half a mile underground.

# blast - Saturday 23 July, 2011

There are unexploded bombs in Oslo – Norwegian police

Police also say that there are still undetonated explosives around government buildings in Oslo, while four people remain unaccounted for on Utoya.

# blast - Friday 3 June, 2011

Investigators search for clues after explosion at UK oil refinery kills four

Four contractors were killed and one of the plant’s workers suffered serious burns after an explosion yesterday evening at the Chevron oil refinery in Wales.

# blast - Friday 8 April, 2011

Mosque blast kills religious leader in Indian Kashmir

The president of the religious group Jamiat-e-ahle Hadith was killed by a bomb as he neared the mosque today.

# blast - Monday 13 December, 2010

The 9 at 9: Monday

Nine things you really need to know by 9am: Wikileaks docs claims Adams and McGuinness knew about Northern bank heist, Pat Rabbitte calls for resignation of AIB board over bonuses, and Julian Assange seeks “non-timid” life partner for fun and a bit of light criminal conspiracy.