11.   Another landmine explosion rocked the same area an hour later, killing two civilians and creating a huge crater, a police spokesman said.

12.   Another landmine explosion took place in the same area an hour later, killing two civilians and creating a huge crater, a police spokesman said.

13.   At least five police and soldiers involved in the search have been killed by landmine explosions since the investigation began shortly after the abduction.

14.   At least five soldiers and policemen working on the case have been killed in landmine explosions.

15.   The PWG, which reputedly has links with Sri Lankan Tamil separatists, specialises in landmine explosions, targeting security forces and is active in Karimnagar.

16.   Three Indian soldiers were injured in a landmine explosion Sunday in the northern Kashmiri district of Baramulla, police said, while four more people were killed elsewhere.

17.   Two civilians, meanwhile, were injured in a landmine explosion in southern Udhampur district overnight, police said.

18.   Two Russian soldiers were killed and at least four others injured in Grozny Sunday in two landmine explosions, Interfax reported.

19.   Two people, including a woman whose leg was blown off, were wounded in separate landmine explosions Wednesday in the Bosnian capital, police and hospital sources said.

20.   Two Malaysian soldiers were killed by a landmine explosion and shelling, while another died from a brain tumour.