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June 14, 2008
A Texas bank robber's efforts were thwarted Friday when bank customers wrestled him to the ground. Larry Don Enos, 57, reportedly entered a Fort Worth bank wearing a wig, fake mustache and beard.
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April 22, 2008
The U. S. military and a consortium of biotechnology research organizations are embarking on a program to regenerate damaged tissues and body parts of American soldiers injured in Afghanistan and Iraq. InCytu Inc. , which develops tissue healing and regeneration devices, and Rutgers/Cleveland Clinic will constitute the Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM).
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April 1, 2008
At least four soldiers were killed and 59 others were wounded when lightening struck a group of solders near a military based in the country's north-central Polonnaaruwa district on Tuesday evening, officials said. "A group of soldiers was engaged in a routine training exercise when a lightening hit them, leaving four soldiers killed and 59 wounded at the Katukaliyawa Army camp in Minneriya on Tuesday around 5. 30 pm. (local time)," Military Spokesman Brig. Udaya Nanayakkara was quoted by the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) as saying.
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March 18, 2008
A couple of pro-Tibetan protesters in London launched their own demonstration on Tuesday by targeting 12 Chinese Terracotta soldiers on display at the British Army museum. Martin Wyness and Mark Trepte snuck into the museum and hung placards saying "Stop Killing Tibetans" and "Boycott the Chinese Olympics" around the necks of the two 2,200-year-old statues.
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February 18, 2008
Topics airport, bomb, police, man, seattle, soldier, clothing, travel, army, led, charges, people and security
Authorities at Yakima airport in Washington evacuated the terminal and temporarily closed the airport Sunday when they found two training grenades inside a passenger's travel bag. However, mo one was hurt from the incident. About 35 people inside the terminal were evacuated before bomb experts from the U. S. Army called in by police arrived to defuse the bomb, which contained no explosives.
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