31.   Israeli police frequently tell people to be on the alert for suspicious objects that might be bombs planted by Palestinian militant groups.

32.   It was delayed for over an hour when police cordoned off the courthouse to investigate and blow up a suspicious object found nearby.

33.   Israeli media reported that the group scouted a Jerusalem shopping mall, and practiced smuggling bags with suspicious objects past security guards posted at all the entrances.

34.   It said up to three times as many police as usual patrolled downtown districts, subway stations and airports, searching for suspicious objects.

35.   On Tuesday, police were called out to examine and destroy suspicious objects in two major French towns.

36.   Officers on foot and horse back, paramilitary border police, civil guard volunteers and city inspectors combed the beaches for suspicious objects, such as unclaimed bags.

37.   On Monday, the local bomb squad took two hours to decide the suspicious object was not a bomb and posed no threat.

38.   Police and soldiers blocked off a large section of downtown to search for any other suspicious objects.

39.   Police spokeswoman Michal Zinberg said police bomb squads respond to calls about suspicious objects at least several times a day.

40.   Police said the container was to be used in case suspicious objects were found and needed to be exploded safely.