21.   Vorobyev died when a mortar shell exploded next to him, in fighting that has grown fiercer by the day.

22.   When the shells explode, the ashes are cast to the breeze.

23.   With storms brewing over the sea, it is hard to distinguish between the sound of shells exploding a few miles away and thunder on the horizon.

24.   A Pakistani shell exploded near an Indian army helipad in Cargill Tuesday, but no one was injured.

25.   A man was killed when a WWII artillery shell he was trying to dismantle exploded in his hands, a news report said Thursday.

26.   A military artillery shell exploded Tuesday at a scrap yard, killing one man, police said.

27.   A mortar shell exploded among greenhouses at the Jewish settlement of Gadid in the southern Gaza Strip after daybreak.

28.   A mortar shell exploded on the airfield Sunday as another U.N. military aircraft was taking off.

29.   A scrap metal merchant was killed and three others were injured when a rocket shell they were attempting to dismantle exploded Monday in southeastern Turkey.

30.   A recoilless rifle shell exploded Saturday at a front-line army barracks, killing three soldiers and wounding five others.