11.   And a U.N. soldier was wounded and his armored vehicle damaged when a mine exploded on a main road near the town of Huambo.

12.   And on the third day shells exploded on the forested slopes overlooking the city and gunfire crackled along a widening front line.

13.   As mortar shells exploded somewhere on the low mountain range across the valley, Berget provided improbable but encouraging information that his new comrades were impatient to hear.

14.   Bird books have exploded on the market.

15.   A drop of water stretches like taffy from a water tap and explodes on impact.

16.   A mail bomb exploded on Monday in the offices of a forest-products trade group, killing the chief lobbyist, the authorities said.

17.   A similar incident occurred several months ago at Kennedy International Airport, when a bag containing dozens of cigarette lighters exploded on a conveyor belt, Cahill said.

18.   A vital game in the Peruvian Clausura championship was postponed Sunday when a firecracker thrown from the stands exploded on the field.

19.   According to the Pentagon, the bomb that exploded on Tuesday was attached to a fuel truck that had been parked outside a fence around the complex.

20.   After a grenade exploded on the fifth floor, she decided to go home.