BERLIN, March 11 (Xinhua) -- Around 18,000 residents were allowed to return to their homes in Dresden on Wednesday after a World War II bomb discovered near the city center was successfully defused, according to local police.
Police issued the evacuation order late Tuesday, establishing a security zone with a radius of about 1,000 meters around the site along the Elbe River, where the bomb was discovered during surveys for the planned reconstruction of the Carola Bridge.
