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This island is being destroyed and why these men are risking their lives, and its our obsession with gadgets like these that have something to do with it. Hello, at least 16 people have been killed in a bomb attack in a thai capital of bangkok. The explosion happened near the hindu shrine in the heart of the city. In a few moments well have the latest from the scene. First here is emma hayward. With the fire from the explosion still burning, there was a desperate race to reach the survivors. As the Emergency Services moved in, police tried to secure the area. The bomb on a motorbike had exploded minutes before. Closed Circuit Television shows the moment fear struck in the heart of bangkok with people running for their lives. The bomb went off close to the hindu shrine, bodies, twisted melt, and debris strewn across the street. Several foreigners are among those who are known to have died. Survivors are rushed to hospitals. Government Officials Say those behind the attack were trying to
Im john terrett in times square new york. Join me and a million other people as we all count down to 2014. New years celebrations in moscow went ahead as planned while those plans in st. Petersburg were canceled. The attackserthose responsible o attacks are still at large, and we have more now from volgograd. Reporter there was not much left on the trolley car when the am against arrived. Survivors were hanging on and volgograd hospital was less than ten minutes away. One of badly injured brought here. It felt like a huge electric shock. I didnt see anyone with a bomb. I was looking out the window, and i cant remember anything after that. Reporter for the second time in less than 24 hours the victims of another bombing, some with terrible burns. Dr. Alexander popoov said that they were carrying on several operations at a same type. Outside they posted casualty lists of those brought in by ambulance and where they were being treated. The relatives of injured scarcely able to believe tha