21.   Several South Korean government ministers were killed, but Chun was unharmed because the bomb exploded before his arrival at the memorial.

22.   Several South Korean ministers were killed, but Chun was unharmed because the bomb exploded before his arrival at the memorial.

23.   Some witnesses claimed the plane exploded before plunging into the river.

24.   Still, at least seven people were killed and a bomb exploded before voting began at a northern polling station, police said.

25.   The cause of the crash is as yet unknown but it is believed the plane exploded before crashing into the river as claimed by witnesses.

26.   The device, planted at the entrance of the Sextant cafe in the beach town of Porticcio, exploded before dawn, authorities said.

27.   The bomb exploded shortly before noon in the busy central market, decimating vegetable stalls and the people who had lined up before them.

28.   The bomb, thrown inside the building in the southern town of Zicavo, exploded shortly before midnight Thursday, police said on customary anonymity.

29.   The heat caused a dozen gas containers to explode before firefighters gained control of the flames.

30.   Three bombs exploded before dawn Saturday outside two banks and a bar on this French Mediterranean island plagued by nationalist violence.