31.   French television reported that the truck hit a mine while off the main road of the race.

32.   Four Russian police were killed when their truck hit a mine near Argun, east of the capital, Grozny, the Defense Ministry said.

33.   He was a passenger in the jeep when it hit the mine at Duga Resa near Karlovac in Croatia.

34.   In a separate incident, a U.S. armored vehicle hit a mine in northern Bosnia late Sunday afternoon, but there were no injuries.

35.   In a paralel incident, at least four people had been killed when their cars hit anti-tank mines in three different locations in the capital, Bujumbura.

36.   In another attack, Kurdish rebels hit a mine near the northeastern city of Erzurum late Saturday, Anatolia said.

37.   In Grozny, four Russian soldiers were killed Sunday and five were injured when their armored personnel carrier hit a mine.

38.   In Grozny, meanwhile, four Russian soldiers died Sunday when their armored personnel carrier hit a mine and five were injured.

39.   In other developments, NATO soldiers recovered the bodies of three British servicemen killed when their armored vehicle hit a mine in northwestern Bosnia on Sunday.

40.   In Sicily, he was blown from his Jeep when it hit a mine.