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                    [Title] => 2 nabbed in Palawan sting
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Police arrested two men for attempting to sell 125 kilos of ammonium nitrate and detonating cord believed intended for use in blast fishing in Palawan on Monday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-06 10:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1805358 [AuthorName] => Non Alquitran [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 876655 [Title] => Materials for explosives found [Summary] =>

Authorities recovered last Monday a huge cache of materials used in making explosives abandoned in Barangay Mahaba, Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1096525 [AuthorName] => Ben Serrano [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 543038 [Title] => Afghanistan bans fertilizer chemical used in bombs [Summary] =>

KABUL (AP) — The Afghan government has banned a fertilizer chemical used in most of the homemade explosives that have killed and maimed hundreds of US and NATO soldiers here.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-23 22:03:45 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 542846 [Title] => Afghanistan bans fertilizer chemical used in bombs [Summary] =>

KABUL (AP) – The Afghan government banned a fertilizer chemical yeaterday that was used in the devastating Oklahoma City bombing and in most of the homemade explosives that have killed and maimed hundreds of American soldiers here.

[DatePublished] => 2010-01-23 05:10:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 363605 [Title] => 200 kilos of ammonium nitrate seized in Zamboanga City [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Combined police and military anti-terror operatives, acting on tips from informants, seized 200 kilos of ammonium nitrate — an ingredient for making fertilizer and explosives — shortly after they had been unloaded from a passenger-cargo vessel that had arrived from Jolo, Sulu.

Three people were held for questioning. Authorities are looking for the consignee of the cargo, identified as Andal Sakandal. He had misdeclared the shipment as fresh fish from Jolo.
[DatePublished] => 2006-10-18 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 247825 [Title] => Troops intercept explosive materials in Sulu [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Government troops apprehended a private vehicle carrying explosive materials while trying to slip through a military checkpoint on Sunday in Indanan town in Sulu, military officials said here.

The troops seized 50 kilos of ammonium nitrate, a chemical fertilizer that is commonly used as a bomb making component, 52 pieces of blasting caps and two meters of fuse aboard a Toyota Tamaraw in Barangay Tagbak following intelligence tips.
[DatePublished] => 2004-04-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804671 [AuthorName] => Roel Pareño [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 214376 [Title] => Search for Al-Ghozi yields 160 sacks of bomb materials [Summary] => Law enforcers on the hunt for a fugitive bomber found two truckloads of bombing materials instead.

In two separate operations, police and military agents on a manhunt for Jemaah Islamiyah bomber Fathur Rohman Al-Ghozi and two members of the Abu Sayyaf, seized about 160 sacks of ammonium nitrate estimated to be worth P800,000 in San Juan, Batangas last Saturday. [DatePublished] => 2003-07-21 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => News Commentary [SectionUrl] => news-commentary [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 185621 [Title] => Government bans imports of ammonium nitrate [Summary] => Agriculture officials have banned the importation of ammonium nitrate for fear that terrorists might use the chemical to make bombs.

Ammonium nitrate, a popular fertilizer for mango trees, is easily available in the market.

Agriculture Secretary Leonardo Montemayor said the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority (FPA) ordered the ban after the Philippine National Police warned that terrorists had been using ammonium nitrate as an ingredient in making explosives.
[DatePublished] => 2002-11-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 174871 [Title] => Explosives used in LRT blasts bought from Cebuano trader [Summary] => CEBU — An Army spokesman has confirmed that the al-Qaeda terrorist network of Osama bin Laden has established links in Cebu which may have purchased the explosives used in the Rizal Day bombings in Metro Manila two years ago. [DatePublished] => 2002-09-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Nation [SectionUrl] => nation [URL] => ) ) )
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