UK Queen's visit to Ireland to go ahead despite bomb

steve2470

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Tue May-17-11 02:20 AM
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UK Queen's visit to Ireland to go ahead despite bomb

Edited on Tue May-17-11 02:20 AM by steve2470

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth will go ahead with a visit to Ireland despite a bomb being found on a bus near Dublin, the British Foreign Office said on Tuesday.

"The state visit is still going ahead," a Foreign Office spokesman said. Ireland's military said earlier that a homemade bomb had been found in the luggage compartment of a bus and blown up by the army in a controlled detonation.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/17/us-ireland-explosive-idUSTRE74G10F20110517

Breaking News:
Irish police say army investigating second suspicious device in Dublin after bomb found

at same link as above.

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muriel_volestrangler

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Tue May-17-11 05:30 AM
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1. Second 'device' turned out to be a hoax (nt)

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