31.   Preliminary tests by the police indicated that they had contained chemicals, television said, but there was no word on what these were.

32.   Russian television said one body had already been found near an escape hatch.

33.   Russian television said the blast left a huge hole in the ground.

34.   Russian television said Wednesday night that Pulikovsky remains in radio contact with Maskhadov and that the two sides had exchanged nine wounded prisoners.

35.   Russian television said the Federal Security Service had determined that the blast was caused by a bomb in a satchel placed near an underground kiosk.

36.   Russian television said the hijackers had told Russian authorities that they planned to fly to Britain, France, Spain or Germany.

37.   Serbian state television said there would be a special session of the parliament on Thursday morning.

38.   State television said that two opposition politicians who have helped the strikers, Nebojsa Covic and Boris Tadic, would also face charges.

39.   State television said on Wednesday night that the court was writing the decision and that the public would be informed about the details of the decision on Thursday.

40.   State-owned ORT television said the military hoped to break the main rebel resistance by Monday.