A <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2013%2F04%2F03%2Fworld%2Feurope%2Fgermany-berlin-bomb%2Findex.html">defused World War II bomb</a> sits securely after its removal alongside a rail line near Berlin's central railway station Wednesday, April 3. The 220-pound device was a Russian aerial bomb dropped during the war, police said. Many unexploded bombs dropped by the Allies remain undiscovered in Berlin and other German cities nearly seven decades later.<br />
WWII bomb found near Berlin rail station —
A defused World War II bomb sits securely after its removal alongside a rail line near Berlin's central railway station Wednesday, April 3. The 220-pound device was a Russian aerial bomb dropped during the war, police said. Many unexploded bombs dropped by the Allies remain undiscovered in Berlin and other German cities nearly seven decades later.
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A police officer closes off the entrance to the Hauptbahnhof, the central rail station, on April 3. A bomb disposal team checking out a construction site near the station discovered the bomb, and roads were closed overnight.
WWII bomb found near Berlin rail station —
A police officer closes off the entrance to the Hauptbahnhof, the central rail station, on April 3. A bomb disposal team checking out a construction site near the station discovered the bomb, and roads were closed overnight.
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Police stand by April 3 near the unexploded bomb as they await disposal experts.
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Police stand by April 3 near the unexploded bomb as they await disposal experts.
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Experts from the bomb disposal team and a police officer stand in a pit next to railway tracks. Some train services were delayed, said a spokesman for German railway operator Deutsche Bahn.
WWII bomb found near Berlin rail station —
Experts from the bomb disposal team and a police officer stand in a pit next to railway tracks. Some train services were delayed, said a spokesman for German railway operator Deutsche Bahn.
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Police stand guard as residents leave their houses April 3 following the bomb's discovery. More than 800 people were evacuated before a bomb disposal crew set to work to remove the device's mechanical fuse.
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Police stand guard as residents leave their houses April 3 following the bomb's discovery. More than 800 people were evacuated before a bomb disposal crew set to work to remove the device's mechanical fuse.
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Joerg Neumann of the bomb disposal team poses next to the defused bomb.
WWII bomb found near Berlin rail station —
Joerg Neumann of the bomb disposal team poses next to the defused bomb.
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