(OMITTED) Lieutenant Zacharia Davis says the soldiers are taught how to treat nuclear bomb blast injuries in the classroom.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Police say the attacker protect targeted a military convoy, setting off a huge blast in a crowded market square in Shangla district.

VOA: standard.2009.10.12

Two policemen were injured by an election-day bomb blast in the town of Naceria, Two other bombs were defused at the scene.

VOA: standard.2009.04.10

The man went out on his balcony and saw smoke. He said the blast blew out the windows of apartments and cars.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

President Vieira was killed in March within hours of his chief political rival dying in a bomb blast.

VOA: standard.2009.07.26

A fourth government minister was injured in the blast. Three journalists were also killed, raising the total journalists killed this year to nine.

VOA: standard.2009.12.05

The Marriot was hit by a suicide bomber in 2003, a blast that left 12 dead.

VOA: standard.2009.07.17

(Sound) The blast in Peshawar was the deadliest single attack this year in Pakistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28

Many of the victims were reportedly leaving the mosque when the blast occurred.

VOA: standard.2009.08.07

Survivors of the atomic blast are in shock and confused.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

The blast also wounded 52 civilians and four Italian soldiers.

VOA: standard.2009.09.17

Baker was killed in a roadside bomb blast in Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.11.16

In 2007,a blast derailed a Nevski Express train,injuring 27.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

Chelsea star Didier Drogba of Ivory Coast thrilled the fans with his blast from about 30 meters out that found the upper left corner of the goal in just the seventh minute.

VOA: standard.2009.07.25

They look like an extra-large version of the World War Two jeep, but enclosed, with small blast-proof windows, a protected machine gun position on top and a variety of high-tech gear inside and out.

VOA: standard.2009.11.02

Experts say terrorist groups are seeking materials for a crude nuclear device - a so-called "dirty bomb" - that would have limited blast potential but could spread radiation in a major urban area.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Besides the actual performance, they look at how long it takes the soldiers to complete their tasks, since time can make the difference between survival or death for those who are lucky enough to be alive after the nuclear blast.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Earlier this month, five World Food Program employees were killed in a suicide blast in neighboring Pakistan, and last week a Pakistani officer assigned to a U.N.peacekeeping mission in Sudan was gunned down while on home leave in Islamabad.

VOA: standard.2009.10.28