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Dozens Hurt In Fuel Station Blast Heard Across Rome
A huge explosion at a petrol station in a Rome suburb injured nearly 30 people, two of them seriously, and rattled windows across the Italian capital.
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"If I Dont Get Killed": Scottish Man's Eerie Facebook Post Before Deadly Rome Blast
A Scottish tourist, Grant Paterson, sustained severe burns after a gas explosion destroyed his accommodation in Rome.
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'Beast From The East' Sends Europe Mercury Plummeting
A blast of Siberian weather dubbed "The Beast from the East" sent temperatures plunging across much of Europe early Tuesday as commuters braced themselves for another day of travel chaos.
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Explosion Occurs In Rome, No Injuries Reported: Report
An explosion occurred near a post office in central Rome on Friday, Italian media reported, adding that no one appeared to have been injured in the blast, which may have been a paper or parcel bomb.
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Brussels Survivors Say Blasts Instantly Evoked Paris Attacks
Simon O'Connor, a European Commission official, had parked his car and was about to walk toward the departure terminal, en route to Rome for work. Salome Corbo, an actress from Montreal, was at the Air Canada counter, about to check her luggage. Elouan Preaud and his wife, Angelina Centeno, were having breakfast, waiting to board an American Airlin...
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New Islamic State Video Threatens Attack on White House
Islamic State militants released a video on Thursday threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France.
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Pope Shows No Mercy as He Blasts Rome Mayor as a 'Pretend Catholic'
Pope Francis raised eyebrows in Italy on Tuesday by slapping down the left-leaning mayor of Rome as someone who "pretends to be Catholic".
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Italian anarchist group claims responsibility for Rome blasts
A group calling itself the Informal Federation of Anarchy (FAI) has claimed responsibility for bomb blasts in the Chilean and Swiss embassies in Rome which injured two staffers. The claim was found in a little box next to one of the injured, the ANSA news agency said. "We have decided to make our voice heard with words and deeds. Let us...
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Blasts at Swiss, Chile embassy in Rome
Package bombs exploded at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome on Thursday, wounding the two people who opened them, in attacks that bore similarities to bombings by anarchists in Greece last month. One of the wounded is at risk of losing an eye, a hospital official said. No group claimed responsibility, but Italian Interior Minister Roberto Mar...
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Dozens Hurt In Fuel Station Blast Heard Across Rome
A huge explosion at a petrol station in a Rome suburb injured nearly 30 people, two of them seriously, and rattled windows across the Italian capital.
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"If I Dont Get Killed": Scottish Man's Eerie Facebook Post Before Deadly Rome Blast
A Scottish tourist, Grant Paterson, sustained severe burns after a gas explosion destroyed his accommodation in Rome.
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'Beast From The East' Sends Europe Mercury Plummeting
A blast of Siberian weather dubbed "The Beast from the East" sent temperatures plunging across much of Europe early Tuesday as commuters braced themselves for another day of travel chaos.
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Explosion Occurs In Rome, No Injuries Reported: Report
An explosion occurred near a post office in central Rome on Friday, Italian media reported, adding that no one appeared to have been injured in the blast, which may have been a paper or parcel bomb.
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Brussels Survivors Say Blasts Instantly Evoked Paris Attacks
Simon O'Connor, a European Commission official, had parked his car and was about to walk toward the departure terminal, en route to Rome for work. Salome Corbo, an actress from Montreal, was at the Air Canada counter, about to check her luggage. Elouan Preaud and his wife, Angelina Centeno, were having breakfast, waiting to board an American Airlin...
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New Islamic State Video Threatens Attack on White House
Islamic State militants released a video on Thursday threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France.
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Pope Shows No Mercy as He Blasts Rome Mayor as a 'Pretend Catholic'
Pope Francis raised eyebrows in Italy on Tuesday by slapping down the left-leaning mayor of Rome as someone who "pretends to be Catholic".
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Italian anarchist group claims responsibility for Rome blasts
A group calling itself the Informal Federation of Anarchy (FAI) has claimed responsibility for bomb blasts in the Chilean and Swiss embassies in Rome which injured two staffers. The claim was found in a little box next to one of the injured, the ANSA news agency said. "We have decided to make our voice heard with words and deeds. Let us...
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Blasts at Swiss, Chile embassy in Rome
Package bombs exploded at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome on Thursday, wounding the two people who opened them, in attacks that bore similarities to bombings by anarchists in Greece last month. One of the wounded is at risk of losing an eye, a hospital official said. No group claimed responsibility, but Italian Interior Minister Roberto Mar...
