WW II bomb found at NATO office site
November 16th, 2010 - 11:29 am ICT by IANSBrussels, Nov 16 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 200 kg World War II bomb has been discovered at the construction site of the new NATO headquarters in Brussels, police said.
Traffic had to be diverted Monday from the Leopold III Avenue, where the building is being constructed, while bomb experts attempted to defuse the explosive.
The construction of the new NATO headquarters, which will cost an estimated 460 million euros ($626 million), began in September and is expected to concluded by 2015.
–IANS/RIA Novosti
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