61.   Two hundred passengers were evacuated from a TGV high-speed train in northern France on Friday after a suspect package was found on board, the SNCF rail authority said.

62.   Unconfirmed reports said they had carried out a controlled explosion after a suspect package was found and the area evacuated.

63.   Navy sources said three rescue vessels found packages of cigarettes, a large oil slick, part of a body, an aircraft fire extinguisher and the aircraft joystick.

64.   Police denied that a suspect package was also found in a hotel near the White House where Vice President Al Gore was to meet abortion rights groups later Wednesday.

65.   Police sounded a security alert following the blast and appealed to people to report suspicious packages found in shopping centres and public places.

66.   Several suspect packages were found during the day forcing the clearing of some of the zones still open to the public.

67.   The hoax package was found within a few blocks of the main press center in downtown Salt Lake City.