International Business News - Explosion http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A homemade bomb ripped through a commuter bus in the southern Philippines on Thursday, wounding 27 people, police said. The military initially reported three people were killed, but police and army officials later corrected themselves and said there were no deaths. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/96960-philippines-explosion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/at-least-3-dead-in-explosion-aboard-philippine-bus.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080724/at-least-3-dead-in-explosion-aboard-philippine-bus.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:45:17 EDT BP PLC on Tuesday settled the four lawsuits that remained in the latest civil trial resulting from the deadly 2005 explosion at its refinery near Houston. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080722/suits-in-civil-trial-from-bp-plant-blast-settled.htm Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:48:01 EDT A decision on whether to approve a much-criticized plea deal that settles criminal conduct related to a deadly explosion at a BP PLC plant won't come until October at the earliest, a federal judge said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080716/judges-decision-on-bp-plea-deal-still-months-away.htm Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:45:24 EDT A tanker truck hauling gasoline has rolled over and exploded on a highway in Needham, Mass., setting off a fire visible 10 miles away in Boston. Police say the driver suffered only minor injuries in the accident early Saturday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080712/tanker-explosion-shuts-down-mass-highway.htm Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:53:23 EDT A fire at a Soviet-era military base in Uzbekistan spread to an ammunitions depot Thursday, igniting a series of powerful explosions that the Uzbek government said killed three people and injured 21 others. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080710/explosions-at-uzbek-ammo-depot-kill-3.htm Thu, 10 Jul 2008 11:25:42 EDT The suicide bomber who detonated his vehicle at the gates of the Indian Embassy in Kabul intended to destroy the embassy itself, the Indian ambassador to Afghanistan said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080709/envoy-bomber-aimed-to-destroy-embassy-in-kabul.htm Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:32:08 EDT Six cases have been settled out of court over the deadly explosion at a BP PLC refinery in Southeast Texas, leaving four plaintiffs in the civil trial against the oil company. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/6-plaintiffs-settle-before-end-of-bp-blast-trial.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:36:19 EDT Afghanistan blamed a foreign intelligence agency Tuesday for the bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, making a veiled but clear reference to its eastern neighbor, Pakistan. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/88102-india-afghanistan-explosion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/pakistan-denies-involvement-in-afghan-bombing.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/pakistan-denies-involvement-in-afghan-bombing.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:25:58 EDT A bomb ripped through the gates of the Indian Embassy on Monday, killing 41 people and scattering bodies and pools of blood across some of Kabul's most protected Streets. Afghanistan quickly blamed Pakistan, India's archrival. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87256-afghanistan-explosion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/blast-shakes-center-of-afghanistans-capital.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080707/blast-shakes-center-of-afghanistans-capital.htm Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:06:55 EDT A suicide attacker detonated explosives near a police station in Pakistan's capital on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding dozens, officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/87023-pakistan-explosion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/explosion-in-pakistan-capital-casualties-reported.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080706/explosion-in-pakistan-capital-casualties-reported.htm Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:20:07 EDT Belarus' authoritarian president said Saturday he does not believe a bomb that tore through a concert he was attending was aimed at him. The bomb wounded around 50 people who were among thousands at a concert Friday in central Minsk commemorating Belarus' Independence Day. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/86302-belarus-independence-day.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/belarus-president-bomb-not-aimed-at-me.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080705/belarus-president-bomb-not-aimed-at-me.htm Sat, 05 Jul 2008 10:59:40 EDT A homemade bomb tore through a crowd that included the country's authoritarian president early Friday, wounding more than 50 people at an all-night holiday concert, health officials said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/85937-belarus-explosion.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/reports-more-than-50-hurt-by-bomb-in-minsk.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/reports-more-than-50-hurt-by-bomb-in-minsk.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:36:08 EDT The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected an attempt by victims of a deadly refinery explosion to block a plea deal between plant owner BP PLC and prosecutors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/supreme-court-denies-victims-request-in-bp-case.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:58:28 EDT A judge has approved a settlement between families of coal miners involved in the deadly Sago Mine explosion and companies that made and distributed concrete foam blocks used at the mine. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/judge-oks-sago-mine-settlement-with-2-suppliers.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:56:00 EDT An explosion at dawn Tuesday rocked the office of a government-backed social welfare group whose members have been accused in attacks against Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition, witnesses said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/blast-hits-pro-junta-office-in-myanmar.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 03:17:09 EDT An explosion at dawn Tuesday rocked the office of a government-backed social welfare group whose members have been accused in attacks against Myanmar's pro-democracy opposition, witnesses said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/blast-hits-pro-junta-office-in-myanmar.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:41:21 EDT Police were investigating two large explosions heard near the Pakistani capital on Monday, as the government was engaged in a military operation against militants in its northwestern tribal regions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080630/blast-heard-in-pakistans-capital.htm Mon, 30 Jun 2008 02:43:16 EDT A blast at a crowded roadside market Sunday in India's restive northeast killed six people and injured 40, a local official said. The explosives were strapped to a bicycle at a busy weekly market that sells pigs, goats, vegetables and clothes in Kumarikata in western Assam, near the Bhutan border, local police official G.P. Singh said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080629/explosion-in-indias-northeast-kills-6.htm Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:28:21 EDT Victims of a deadly 2005 explosion at a BP PLC plant near Houston asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to help them stop a settlement over criminal conduct in the case. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/supreme-court-asked-to-intervene-in-bp-blast-case.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:49:56 EDT A powerful explosion destroyed a car Tuesday in Kosovo's tense north, an area dominated by the Serb minority, which opposes independence for Kosovo, police said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080624/explosion-destroys-car-in-kosovos-north.htm Tue, 24 Jun 2008 05:15:29 EDT