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15:04 GMT, Saturday, 13 September 2008 16:04 UK

Army bomb experts defuse device

security alert

A bomb has been defused by the Army in north Belfast.

A security alert began in the Silverstream Road area at about 0830 BST on Saturday after a suspicious object was found outside a house.

Police and army were called to the scene, and the road was closed while the device was examined.

The "viable device" has been taken away for further examination by forensic scientists.



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