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4,400 people evacuated for WWII-era bomb disposal in Japan's Osaka
TOKYO (AFP) Oct 13, 2003
 About 4,400 people living in Japan's number two city Osaka were temporarily evacuated Monday while explosives specialists defused a US-made bomb from World War II.

Ground Self-Defense Force specialists defused the one-tonne bomb, believed to contain about 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) of TNT gun powder, without incident, an Osaka city official said.

The bomb, roughly 1.8-meter (yards) long and 0.6 meters wide, was found last month at a construction site.

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