21.   One of his responsibilities was finding mines on the roads of France.

22.   The mines cannot be found by the hand-held metal detectors used to uncover anti-vehicle mines.

23.   Two mines were found near a Moscow highway frequently traveled by top government officials, but defused before they could explode, independent Russian television reported Wednesday.

24.   When a mine is found, it is uncovered carefully with brushes and special gear and then blown up on the spot.

25.   General Agostino Pedone, the head of the Garibaldi brigade, said the soldiers had found a mine and were defusing it when it exploded.

26.   It was not clear where the mine was found or who brought it into the village.

27.   The mines were found and detonated in a field near the airport in the northeastern city of Barrancabermeja.

28.   They said another mine was found and defused in the same district on Saturday but Tiger guerrillas hiding in the area opened fire at troops.

29.   Passersby found the mines with detonators inside a plastic bag near a petrol station on Kutuzovski avenue in the west of the city, a police spokesman said.

30.   Once one has found a mine, the other is sent into the same area to make sure the first did not miss one.