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Eugene

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Tue May 22, 2012, 10:48 PM May 2012

Argentina bomb found ahead of Alvaro Uribe talk

Source: BBC

22 May 2012 Last updated at 20:23 GMT

Argentina bomb found ahead of Alvaro Uribe talk

Officials in Argentina say they have found explosives at a theatre in the capital, Buenos Aires, where former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was due to make a speech on Wednesday.

Security personnel found the explosive device hidden in a lamp.

Officials said the bomb would have been triggered by a mobile phone.

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The device was found in the Gran Rex Theatre during a routine inspection.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18169247
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