41.   In the other, a U.S. armored vehicle hit a mine near Gradacac, but there were no injuries.

42.   ITAR-Tass said seven soldiers were wounded when their armored vehicle hit a mine outside Sernovodsk, in western Chechnya.

43.   Japan has denied that, saying the ship hit a mine that had been planted in the harbor by U.S. forces.

44.   Japan has denied that allegation, saying the ship hit a mine that had been planted in the harbor by U.S. forces.

45.   Japan has denied that, saying the ship hit a mine planted in Maizuru harbor by U.S. forces.

46.   Last month, two workers were killed and seven injured when their bulldozer hit a mine hidden beneath the rubble of a bridge.

47.   Last year, a Danish U.N. observer was killed when his vehicle hit a mine in Croatia.

48.   Meanwhile five passengers were killed when their minibus hit a mine in the southeastern province of Siirt on Monday, the Anatolia news agency reported.

49.   NATO explosives experts late Monday recovered the bodies of three British servicemen killed when their armored vehicle hit a mine in northwestern Bosnia on Sunday.

50.   Nine soldiers were killed when their vehicle hit a mine laid by Kurdish rebels near this southeastern city on Saturday, the Anatolia news agency said.