111.   Witnesses who live near the airport reported hearing a huge explosion followed by several smaller ones, then saw a huge ball of fire and smoke.

112.   Local witnesses reported an explosion followed by a huge fireball in the vicinity of the crash site.

113.   Meanwhile, security has been stepped up at a second Tunisian synagogue following the explosion on Djerba.

114.   Nine miners were hospitalised for burns received during the fire which followed the explosion and another suffered from posioning after inhaling gas.

115.   Plutonium appears to have spread following an explosion and fire at a Japanese nuclear reprocessing plant northeast of Tokyo earlier this week, a plant official said Saturday.

116.   Plutonium appears to have spread following an explosion and fire at a Japanese nuclear reprocessing plant northeast of Tokyo earlier this week, news reports said Saturday.

117.   Police and military authorities cordoned off the area following the explosion.

118.   Other witnesses also reported an explosion followed by a huge fireball in the vicinity of the crash site.

119.   Police were on alert following the explosion overnight Sunday of a home-made bomb in Hanau through which the train carrying the nuclear material passed.

120.   Police were on the alert following the explosion overnight Sunday of a home-made bomb in Hanau on the route by which the train passed.