For several tense minutes, the astronauts of Gemini Six were sitting on top of a highly explosive mass of rocket fuel.

VOA: special.2009.07.01

What happened in New York a week ago has added to calls for new laws to deny gun and explosive purchases to suspected terrorists.

VOA: special.2010.05.08

One is "The Hurt Locker." It is a tense and exciting movie about American soldiers in Iraq whose job is to find and safely destroy hidden explosive devices.

VOA: special.2010.01.01

Pyongyang pulled out of the talks earlier this year. It also tested both a long-range missile and a nuclear explosive, in violation of United Nations sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

Authorities arrested a Pakistan-born U.S.citizen, Faisal Shahzad, two days after an explosive device inside a sports utility vehicle failed to detonate in Times Square on May 1.

VOA: standard.2010.05.14

But the acquisition of radioactive material for a so-called 'dirty bomb,' which is radioactive material that is dispersed with a conventional explosive device, that is not that challenging.

VOA: standard.2009.05.01

The issue of Kirkuk,of course, is a very explosive one, but I don't think it's going to explode,now because the Kurds are very dependent on the U.S.and Turkey.

VOA: standard.2009.10.26

Coalition forces say it is a stronghold for the Taliban, where they make many of the Improvised Explosive Devices that are a daily hazard for troops and local Afghans.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

North Korea pulled out of the talks earlier this year. It also tested both a long-range missile and nuclear explosive earlier in the year, in violation of United Nations sanctions.

VOA: standard.2009.10.05