Explosion rocks Manhattan
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An 83-year-old steam pipe exploded underground in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, shaking buildings, creating a towering geyser of debris and sending people fleeing in scenes reminiscent of the September 11 attacks.
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A steam pipe exploded in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday, creating a roar and a huge plume of smoke and sending pedestrians fleeing from the area in scenes reminiscent of the September 11 attacks.
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Witnesses have reported seeing an object with a tail of fire hurtling toward earth near Indonesia&#39;s capital, before a loud explosion was heard in several districts of Jakarta.
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An explosion was reported at the News Corp building in midtown Manhattan on Monday, a New York Fire Department spokeswoman said.
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A transformer exploded Wednesday afternoon near Manhattan's Grand Central train station, possibly a result of steam underground, New York Police Department told CNN.
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A huge explosion rocked the southern  Afghanistan city of Kandahar on Wednesday and at least three  Afghan soldiers were wounded, the city's police chief said.
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An explosion was reported at the News Corp building in midtown Manhattan on Monday, a New York Fire Department spokesman said.
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A steam pipe exploded near Grand Central Terminal in Midtown Manhattan. More than 20 people were injured, two critically.
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An underground steam pipe explosion tore through a Manhattan street near Grand Central Terminal on Wednesday, swallowing a tow truck and killing one person as hundreds of others ran for cover amid a towering geyser of steam and flying rubble. New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne said the explosion was not terrorism.
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A freight train carrying propane gas derailed and exploded outside Oneida in New York state, on Monday, forcing the evacuation of people within a one-mile radius, fire officials said. Twelve cars were burning but no one was injured.
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A powerful explosion tore through a building in inner-city Sydney on Monday, injuring two men and forcing the evacuation of 1,000 others, Australian officials said.
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A huge explosion at a chemical plant rocked a suburb about 20 miles north of Boston early on Wednesday, sparking a massive fire that damaged about 30 homes and injured 10 people, local media reported.
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An explosion rocked a Christian suburb in east Beirut on Monday, witnesses and a military source said.
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An explosion of &quot;medium strength&quot; rocked the airport on the Spanish Mediterranean holiday island of Ibiza Saturday, the Europa Press news agency reported, quoting witnesses.
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A powerful blast rocked the center of  the Tajik capital Dushanbe Monday in what appeared to be a car  bomb placed near the central Asian state's Emergencies  Ministry, witnesses and officials said.
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An explosion occurred at the Hilton hotel in Taba, on the Egypt-Israel border, causing numerous casualties. The blast at around 10 PM apparently originated in the hotel lobby, causing the ceiling of the lobby to collaspse.
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A building in downtown Warsaw was rocked by an apparent gas explosion that punched a hole in a wall and smashed windows.