11.   No bombing was reported in the midmorning run, according to security officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.

12.   Official media did not report the bombings, while the government seeks to downplay the violence and demonstrate it has the upper hand on the insurgency.

13.   Refugees who left Kandahar for the safety of the nearby Pakistani border have also reported heavy bombing by U.S. warplanes throughout Wednesday and Thursday.

14.   Separatist rebels have made repeated threats to carry out bomb attacks in Moscow and other large Russian cities, but no such bombings have been reported.

15.   Tamilnet, a separate site that gives their perspective of the civil war, reported the bombing without comment.

16.   The border guards have been reporting heavy bombing by U.S. planes near the Tajik border for several days.

17.   The bombing also was reported on Israeli television, which said the victims were Lebanese workers riding in a van.

18.   The rebels have made repeated threats to carry out bomb attacks in Moscow and other large Russian cities, but no such bombings have been reported.

19.   Two hours after the bombing was reported by Manila broadcast media, The Associated Press received an anonymous call claiming responsibility in the name of Abu Sayyaf.

20.   Vehicle bombings have been reported in several Chinese cities over the past year.