(AFP/Yahoo) Sniffer dogs have been put into service on public buses in Jerusalem for the first time in a bid to thwart suicide bombers. "The association Pups for Peace, financed by gifts from the Jewish diaspora, has specially trained these dogs for five months," said association official Roni Latan. "If they detect explosives they must alert the agents and above all must not take hold of the explosive." Suicide attacks on buses in Jerusalem have cost the lives of more than 100 passengers in the past 10 years.
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