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Two members of DOVO, the Belgian military’s bomb disposal unit, remove a six-pound high explosive artillery shell produced in about 1917 from a farm field near Ieper, Belgium on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023.

‘Iron harvest:’ A Belgian team unearths unexploded ammunition from WWI

Conflict & Justice

Shells, bombs and hand grenades are still found across Belgium on a daily basis. Every year, a special unit removes over 150 metric tons of unexploded ordnance.

A US Air Force F15-E fighter jet takes off from Incirlik airbase in the southern city of Adana, Turkey, Dec. 10, 2015.

President Trump, will you remove US nuclear weapons from Turkey?

Conflict

Scientist makes breakthrough on effort to create non-explosive fertilizer

Environment

VIDEO: Two massive World War II bombs defused in Koblenz, Germany

IEDs in Afghanistan costing U.S. billions, despite being dirt-cheap to build

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Breakthrough on Effort to Create Non-Explosive Fertilizer

Conflict & Justice

The fertilizer ammonium nitrate is cheap, abundant, and highly detonable. It’s a key ingredient in many IEDs. Recently, a team in New Mexico has come up with a way to make the fertilizer less explosive.

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Training to Become Cambodia’s First Underwater Deminers

Arts, Culture & Media

There are tons of unexploded munitions in Cambodia’s waterways. Now, a team is in training to become the country’s first underwater deminers. But first the recruits have to learn to swim and dive. Irwin Loy reports from off the coast of Cambodia.

India Begins Investigation Into Mumbai Bombing

In a coordinated attack that targeted the city’s busiest district, three bombs blasted through rush hour crowds in Mumbai yesterday, killing 17 people and injuring 131. The improvised explosive devices went off within 15 minutes of each other. A fourth bomb that never detonated was also found. It was the deadliest attack on Mumbai since […]

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Obama pushes leaders to secure nuclear materials in four years

Global Politics

President Obama’s nuclear summit has brought together leaders of 47 nations to lock down unsecured nuclear material within the next four years and prevent it from getting into the hands of terrorists.

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Afghanistan and Iraq: Now, Sharing the Danger of IEDs

In Afghanistan, there has been a marked increase in the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in the last few weeks. For more, The Takeaway turns to Jeremy Binnie, senior analyst for terrorism and insurgency at Janes Information Group.

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