21.   A burst bus tyre in the southern town of Beersheba spread panic Thursday among jittery Israelis bracing for a Palestinian militant attack.

22.   A second bull escaped on Sunday and spread panic by charging three houses and destroying furniture.

23.   Anti-tank rockets exploded outside the camp, spreading panic among Sidon residents as mosque leaders in Sidon made pleas for calm over loud-hailers.

24.   Anti-tank rockets exploded outside the camp, spreading panic among Sidon residents as mosque leaders in the port city made pleas for calm over loud-hailers.

25.   But the army surrounded the village, spreading panic with sporadic mortar fire, and provoking retaliatory fire from the Kamajor.

26.   The shooting spread panic in Monrovia, where shops, businesses, markets and schools closed temporarily.

27.   The sound of gunfire at Executive Mansion spread panic in Monrovia on Thursday morning, an AFP correspondent reported.

28.   The shelling spread panic among the residents of Mashghara.

29.   Those rumours sent Yangon residents on spending sprees, and authorities fear that the latest currency scare could spread panic among the population.

30.   Two powerful blasts rocked Aden Thursday evening, spreading panic in the streets of the southern Yemeni stronghold.