21.   Public broadcaster NHK interviewed victims waiting for first aid outside the building who said they heard a loud blast and then saw billows of smoke rise from the building.

22.   Taha Yassin Ramadan made the statement shortly before a half-dozen loud blasts rocked the capital in the fourth and last wave of missile strikes.

23.   Taha Yassin Ramadan made the statement shortly before a half-dozen loud blasts rocked the capital, indicating that the fourth wave of punishing missile strikes was underway.

24.   Taha Yassin Ramadan made the statement shortly before a half-dozen loud blasts rocked the capital, indicating that the fourth wave of punishing missile strikes was under way.

25.   Taha Yassin Ramadan made the statement shortly before a half-dozen loud blasts rocked the capital in the fourth and apparently last wave of missile strikes.

26.   The ash and lava rocks poured from the craters for about two hours Monday accompanied by several loud blasts, civil defense officials said.

27.   The residents of southern neighborhoods said they heard four loud blasts Friday coming from that direction.

28.   Three people were injured in a shooting spree and a loud blast rocked government headquarters Wednesday in a fresh outbreak of apparent gang violence in Macau, police said.

29.   Three loud blasts announced the attack on central Belgrade.

30.   Two loud blasts rattled the Hammersmith Bridge area of west London Wednesday night after telephoned warnings from the Irish Republican Army.