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Russia Navalny: Poisoned opposition leader held after flying home
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Russia Navalny: Poisoned opposition leader held after flying home

Originally published by BBC NEWS Putin critic Alexei Navalny has been detained after flying back to Moscow from Germany, five months after he was nearly killed by a nerve agent attack. The activist, 44, was led away by police at passport control at Sheremetyevo airport. Thousands had gathered at a different Moscow airport to greet […]
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37-Year-Old Man Arrested After Explosive Chemicals Found at RV Park
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37-Year-Old Man Arrested After Explosive Chemicals Found at RV Park

Originally published by NBC Police said Saturday that a 37-year-old man was arrested after FBI agents found chemicals used to make explosives Friday night at a recreational vehicle park in San Francisco. Kyle Matthew Folsom, a resident at Candlestick RV Park in the 600 block of Gilman Avenue, was taken into custody after an investigation, […]
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North Korea unveils new submarine-launched missile
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North Korea unveils new submarine-launched missile

Originally published by THE WALL STREET JOURNAL North Korea has unveiled a new type of submarine-launched ballistic missile, described by state media as “the world’s most powerful weapon”. Several of the missiles were displayed at a parade overseen by leader Kim Jong-un, reported state media. The weapon’s actual capabilities remain unclear, as it is not […]
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Technological & Biological Hazard Preparedness – Towards 2030: ‘An enhanced multi-hazard approach’ (October 2020)

Originally published by ReliefWeb The ‘IFRC Roadmap on Technological and Biological (CBRN) Hazard Preparedness – Towards 2030: An enhanced multi-hazard approach’ invite National Societies and the IFRC Secretariat to reflect on the current status of Red Cross Red Crescent preparedness to meet emergencies in a multi-hazard environment – and how to move from the current […]
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Police Reopen Downtown Berkeley Streets After Bomb Squad Clears Suspicious Package
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Police Reopen Downtown Berkeley Streets After Bomb Squad Clears Suspicious Package

Originally published by Sanfrancisco BERKELEY (CBS SF) — The Berkeley police bomb squad has cleared a suspicious package delivered to a city office and reopened the intersection of Milvia and Center streets Tuesday night. The package had “no explosive device inside, just a manifesto like message,” said police spokesman Officer Byron White. The area around […]
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Stockton business evacuated as bomb unit searches storage unit
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Stockton business evacuated as bomb unit searches storage unit

Originally published by KCRA3 STOCKTON, Calif. — Members of a bomb unit on Tuesday were clearing out a Stockton storage unit in connection to a suspect arrested after a chase, crash and an explosive device that was thrown at a church. The San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office said it was searching for explosive material. The […]
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Investigation underway after attempted ‘fire bomb’ found behind East Greenwich business
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Investigation underway after attempted ‘fire bomb’ found behind East Greenwich business

Originally published by WPRI.COM12 EAST GREENWICH, R.I. (WPRI) — Police are investigating after a “fire bomb” device was found in East Greenwich Tuesday, according to the R.I. State Fire Marshal’s office. The device was found behind a business near the intersection of Post and South Pierce roads. It appeared to be a rudimentary attempt at […]
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A Madison woman found the RNC pipe bomb in D.C.
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A Madison woman found the RNC pipe bomb in D.C.

After the FBI interviewed Madison native Karlin Younger about discovering the pipe bomb, so did Doug Moe.Originally published by MADISON MAGAZINE At noon on Wednesday, Jan. 6, Karlin Younger, working from home in Washington, D.C., decided to use the lunch hour to do laundry. Younger, who grew up in Madison’s Bay Creek neighborhood and graduated […]
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Growing protests over threat of US bio weapons

Originally published by NEWAGE THE spread of coronavirus infection in the world has inadvertently forced the leading powers and the UN to open their eyes to many issues and, above all, to comply with the provisions of the international Biological Weapons Convention. Before the coronavirus, Washington consistently ignored statements by official authorities in Russia, China, […]
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Kentucky Plant Begins Destruction of Next Inventory of Nerve Agent Weapons
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Kentucky Plant Begins Destruction of Next Inventory of Nerve Agent Weapons

Originally published by INSIDE NOVA RESTON, Va., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A Bechtel-led plant in Kentucky has successfully begun destroying its next batch of chemical weapons, bringing the nation closer to its goal of eradicating the national stockpile by 2023. At the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant in Richmond, a 155-milimeter artillery projectile filled with VX nerve agent was […]
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Those ‘gas masks’ at the Capitol were actually escape hoods
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Those ‘gas masks’ at the Capitol were actually escape hoods

Originally published by POPULAR SCIENCE The violent, deadly incursion into the Capitol last week produced a shocking stream of images, and among them was the bizarre sight of some people wearing spacesuit-like transparent pieces of gear over their heads. For example, David Trone, a Democratic congressman from Maryland, tweeted on January 6, saying, “I am safe. We […]
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