51.   Prosecutors said the explosives were to be used to blow up part of Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary in Kansas and free FALN leader Oscar Lopez.

52.   Police and government officials initially said they had foiled a terrorist attack, but the FSB later said the explosives had been fakes used in a training exercise.

53.   Police said the explosive was possibly a hand grenade.

54.   Police said they were not sure whether the explosive was an illegal firework or the detonating charge of a larger, anti-personnel device that failed to go off.

55.   According to information provided at the press conference, the fake explosive was cylinders strapped to the chest of one of the hijackers under his sweater.

56.   All explosives are illegal.

57.   Afterward, security service chief Nikolai Patrushev said the alleged explosives were only sacks of sugar planted as an anti-terrorism drill.

58.   An official statement said the explosives were loaded into the car in Lebanon.

59.   At least eight other bombings or attempted bombings have been reported since early January in China, where explosives are widely available for use in mining and construction.

60.   Authorities say the explosives were to be used in attacks on West Coast cities during Millennium celebrations.