11.   While approaching the harbor at the island of Espiritu Santo near Guadalcanal, his troopship, the President Coolidge, hit a mine and sank.

12.   A car sent to reinforce the convoy also hit the mine, killing three police officers and wounding one, the official said.

13.   A convoy of Russian police hit a mine and then came under attack by Chechen rebels in the capital Grozny, killing four policemen, officials said Sunday.

14.   A second car on the alternate route stopped for fear of hitting another mine.

15.   A policeman died on the way to the scene when his armored personnel carrier hit a mine.

16.   A Russian serviceman was wounded when his tank hit a mine in the southern village of Gekhi overnight, Interfax said.

17.   Almost one-third of his group died when one of the three landing boats in his unit hit a mine.

18.   Also Friday, five Russian servicemen were killed when their armored vehicle hit a mine near a movie theater in the capital.

19.   Also on Monday, a truck full of Russian border guards hit a mine planted by rebel forces at another border checkpoint, ITAR-Tass said.

20.   Anatolia said three people were killed when their cab hit a mine, believed to be planted by Kurdish rebels, near the town of Kulp in Diyarbakir province.