21.   In the first bombing on Thursday, a car exploded near a bus carrying child-care workers to a Jewish settlement.

22.   Investigators, including Israelis, suspect the bomb was planted in a car that exploded near the seven-story building.

23.   Just after midnight Sunday morning, a car exploded near the central Jerusalem police station, where Palestinians are frequently held without trial and interrogated.

24.   Last month, a Palestinian exploded himself near a bus stop, killing only himself, as Harel drove past.

25.   Muhammed is a poor day laborer who lost part of his right hand when a Soviet-era mine exploded near him two years ago.

26.   Nine people were killed late Wednesday night when a car bomb exploded near the U.S. Embassy here, according to news reports.

27.   On the afternoon of the blast, he said, the guerrillas warned the police that the bomb would explode near the courthouse.

28.   --One person was killed in Sacramento, Calif., when a package-bomb exploded in the California Forestry Association office near the state Capitol.

29.   Seventeen people were injured when a bomb exploded near the Arc de Triomphe on Thursday, the police said.

30.   Sunday afternoon, another small bomb exploded near an intersection in the Israeli city of Haifa as police tried to diffuse it.