11.   A gas explosion tore apart a school and ignited a fire, killing two men and injuring a third.

12.   A natural gas explosion tore into an apartment building, killing four people in a small town in central Russia before dawn on Friday, an emergency official said.

13.   A powerful explosion on Sunday tore through a Chechen cafe frequented by Russian troops, killing the owner and several patrons, a Russian news report said.

14.   A natural gas explosion tore through a downtown apartment building Tuesday, engulfing the building in fire and cutting electricity to a large part of the area.

15.   A suspected natural gas explosion tore through an apartment building in southern Russia on Monday, killing one woman and damaging five apartments, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

16.   An explosion tore apart the car of a Hezbollah official in southern Lebanon Saturday, but no one was injured.

17.   An explosion tore through a hospital in the central Pakistani city of Lahore on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring at least eight others.

18.   An explosion tore through a scrap metals factory Friday in an industrial area outside Philadelphia, killing one worker and injuring more than a dozen others.

19.   An explosion tore through an apartment building in central Siberia on Wednesday, killing at least one person and injuring seven others, an emergency official said.

20.   An explosion tore through the home of a former ethnic Albanian rebel in Kosovo, injuring him, his pregnant wife and child, officials said Monday.