71.   Detectives Tuesday began a probe into a grenade explosion near a rally addressed by Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga whose security has since been further tightened, officials said.

72.   During the night, shooting was heard in several areas of Grozny, and there were grenade explosions near the offices of the pro-Moscow Chechen government.

73.   There were no details on the incident involving the grenade explosion in the Ruhengeri region.

74.   Three grenade explosions rocked northern Bujumbura early Saturday, national radio reported, despite a curfew and a stepped up security presence.

75.   Thirty-five people were wounded Saturday in a grenade explosion at a packed market on the troubled southern Philippine island of Jolo, police said.

76.   Two civilians also died in the heavy exchange of fire which continued for several hours marked by intermittent grenade explosions and mortar fire, police said.

77.   Two French UN soldiers were also slightly wounded by a grenade explosion at one of their observation posts in another incident overnight.

78.   ITAR-TASS news agency reported grenade explosions and sustained bursts of automatic weapons in Grozny overnight.

79.   Meanwhile Radio Burundi reported frequent automatic fire and at least two grenade explosions in the north of the capital overnight to Saturday, notably in Ngaraga district.

80.   Mubina Akhter has witnessed at least six grenade explosions over the past three years.