21.   Early Thursday, one Russian serviceman was killed outside Grozny when a mine exploded and destroyed an armed personnel carrier, the Russian military reported.

22.   Elsewhere, Portuguese Capt. Francisco Gustavo Leite Bastos suffered serious injuries to his right hand when a mine exploded while he was inspecting explosives near Gorazde in eastern Bosnia.

23.   Early Thursday, one Russian serviceman was killed outside Grozny when a mine exploded and destroyed an armed personnel carrier, the Russian military command reported.

24.   He commanded an artillery unit, and was wounded when a mine exploded under his vehicle.

25.   If the mine should explode, the force will go over the prone checker.

26.   In a separate development, INA reported three children were killed when a mine left over from the Gulf War exploded in Basra province.

27.   It said the guards were on patrol in the western Mehran region on the Iraqi border when the mine exploded Saturday.

28.   Just hours after the meeting ended, two Portuguese soldiers and an Italian were killed when a mine accidentally exploded in a compound used by NATO peacekeeping troops.

29.   No mine exploded during the walk.

30.   One man was killed and two injured Wednesday night when a mine exploded as they tried to enter an army barracks, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.