Posts Tagged ‘heard’

Heavy gunfire heard in Tripoli (AP)

Rebel fighters, foreground, pray during Friday prayers in the rebel-held town of Benghazi, Libya, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP – Heavy two-way gunfire and mortar shelling has been heard in Tripoli, as rebels inch closer to the capital from the western mountains.


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2 blasts heard in town where bin Laden killed (AP)

This undated aerial handout image provided by the CIA shows the Abbottabad compound in Pakistan where American forces in Pakistan killed Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. (AP Photo/CIA)AP – Witnesses say two loud explosions have rocked the Pakistani town where Osama bin Laden was killed in a U.S. raid.


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Japanese agency: Explosion heard at nuclear plant (AP)

In this combination of photos provided by GeoEye, Natori, Japan is seen. The photo on the left was taken April 4, 2010. The photo on right was taken Saturday, March 12, 2011, one day after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Oshika Peninsula. (AP Photo/GeoEye)AP – A third explosion in four days rocked the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in northeast Japan early Tuesday, the country’s nuclear safety agency said.


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‘Free Libya’ chants heard in city near capital (AP)

An unidentified armed man working with pro-government forces sits at his position, on the road to Zawiya, 30 miles (50 kilometers) west of Tripoli, in Libya Sunday, Feb. 27, 2011. Hundreds of armed anti-government forces backed by military defectors in Zawiya, the city closest to the capital Tripoli, prepared Sunday to repel an expected offensive by forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi who are surrounding the city. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP – With residents shouting “Free, free Libya,” anti-government rebels who control this battle-scarred city nearest to the capital deployed tanks and anti-aircraft weapons Sunday, bracing for an attack by troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. Politicians in the opposition stronghold of Benghazi, meanwhile, set up their first leadership council in a step that could lead to an alternative to the regime.


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Doc: Giffords heard cheers leaving Ariz., smiled (AP)

A police motorcade leads the ambulance carrying U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., away from University Medical Center, Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Giffords is being transported to a medical facility in Houston. (AP Photo/Matt York)AP – She heard them, smiled, and tears welled up in her eyes.


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SKorea says sound of artillery heard on island (AP)

South Korean women take cover inside a bomb shelter on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island after authorities sounded the alarm to take shelter against a possible North Korean rocket attack Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. The United States and South Korea planned for war games days after a deadly North Korean artillery bombardment that has raised fears of more clashes between the bitter rivals. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP – North Korean artillery was heard Sunday on the frontline South Korean island attacked last week, though no shells landed on the island, South Korea’s military said.


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Artillery heard on tense Yellow Sea island (AP)

A South Korean man walks under a street lamp near the ruins of a neighborhood on Yeonpyeong Island,  Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010. South Korea's president vowed Thursday to boost troops on the island targeted by a North Korean artillery barrage, while the North stridently warned of additional attacks if the South carries out any 'reckless military provocations.' (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)AP – Fresh artillery shots were heard Friday on the tense South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, three days after it was devastated by a North Korean attack and hours after Pyongyang warned that the peninsula was on the brink of war.


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