31.   A commuter bus exploded after colliding head-on with an oncoming car in a village in northern Nigeria, a Lagos newspaper reported Monday.

32.   A gas pipeline in Russia exploded after being hit by a bulldozer, killing two people and injuring one, a news report said Friday.

33.   A car bomb exploded shortly after midnight Sunday in a business district of Madrid, news reports said.

34.   A petroleum tanker truck exploded after crashing into a brick wall on Tuesday, burning alive five people and destroying seven houses, a Lagos newspaper reported Wednesday.

35.   A military physician said witnesses told him that the plane may also have exploded after hitting the water, increasing the likelihood that it shattered into pieces.

36.   A rocket bearing a U.S.-made satellite exploded shortly after launch from the Xichang Satellite Launching Center Thursday.

37.   A Russian-built plane exploded shortly after takeoff in northern Angola, civil aviation officials said Wednesday.

38.   A second roadside bomb exploded shortly after the first one but injured no one.

39.   A police source, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the bomb exploded after the owner picked it up to throw it out of the store.

40.   A petroleum tanker truck exploded after crashing into a brick wall on Tuesday, burning alive five people and destroying seven houses, a Lagos newspaper reported Thursday.