1.   Federal authorities destroyed the explosives and the FBI is still investigating the theft, Campbell said.

2.   Once the appeals were over, Virginia authorities destroyed the evidence.

3.   American and Haitian authorities destroyed the remaining reserve of drugs seized from traffickers.

4.   Archaeologists hailed the find but complained that city authorities had nearly destroyed the remains by failing to notify them in advance about their repair work.

5.   Authorities destroyed the bomb in a controlled explosion after local media received anonymous calls warning of the bomb about ten minutes before it was due to detonate.

6.   Authorities destroyed the swarm after the attack.

7.   Classes were suspended to allow authorities to destroy the bees.

8.   Communist authorities destroyed thousands of independence-era school books and replaced them with textbooks peppered with Soviet propaganda.

9.   Israeli authorities have destroyed the home of one suicide bomber, sealed the houses of several others, arrested relatives of assailants and closed down several schools and colleges.

10.   Many refugees who have fled Kosovo in the past month have said Yugoslav authorities destroyed their passports and identity cards.