Blast rocks Egyptian gas terminal

An explosion rocked a natural gas terminal near Egypt’s border with Israel early today, sending flames shooting into the air and forcing the shutdown of the country’s export pipeline.

It was the second incident in the past month on the al-Sabil terminal near the town of El-Arish just 30 miles from the border with Israel. On March 27 gunmen planted explosives at the terminal, which failed to detonate.