A British Columbia man who held authorities at bay for more than six hours after allegedly strapping explosives to his body is presumed dead after the house he was holed up in exploded, Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Friday.
Chemicals company Orica is part of a joint venture that will build a $US800 million ($815.87 million) ammonium nitrate plant on the Burrup Peninsula in Western Australia's Pilbara region.
AUGUSTA -- Explosive material that authorities say they seized from a Gage Street home Thursday is likely a compound known as "mother of Satan" to Islamic extremists for its instability and can be made easily from household items.
