101.   Loud explosions echoed down the valleys, shaking the walls of surrounding mud brick huts.

102.   Loud explosions rocked the area around Kandahar overnight and early Monday, with bright flares illuminating the night sky, a witness in the city said.

103.   Loud explosions were also heard as the numerous television sets in the shop exploded.

104.   Loud explosions and automatic weapons fire rocked the compound.

105.   Loud explosions shattered lobby windows in two prominent tourist hotels in the Cuban capital of Havana on Saturday, according to reports and bystanders.

106.   Loud explosions also were heard in the Serb stronghold of Pale, east of Sarajevo.

107.   Loud explosions from firecrackers resounded through teh city and its suburbs.

108.   Loud explosions occured sporadically.

109.   Loud explosions were heard at the border, but it was impossible to tell what was causing them and exactly where they occurred.

110.   Loud explosions also were heard in the Serb stronghold of Pale,