1.   Higher interest rates, lower currencies and the cancellation of construction projects in Asia has cut demand for products containing metals.

2.   Leir said he has had the material analyzed, and that it contains metals not known to Earth.

3.   Civilians sold the bricks to construction crews, while servicemen stole weapons or radio parts containing valuable metals for resale to criminals.

4.   It is also proposed that all mines should contain metal so they can be detected and cleared after a conflict ends.

5.   It is also proposed that all mines should contain metal so they can be detected and cleared after the end of a conflict.

6.   Most of such waste usually consists of old industrial equipment, such as calibrating devices, which contain radioactive metals.

7.   The ash contains toxic metals such as cadmium, mercury and lead, the statement said.

8.   The homemade grenades contain metal inside a glass container that detonates when the glass shatters.

9.   The scavengers were killed while trying to dismantle various electricity system installations containing the metals, Energy Ministry officials said, according to the daily Fakty.

10.   The suspicious-looking envelope was thought to be a mail bomb after a routine inspection revealed it contained metal.