1.   A tanker carrying asphalt exploded at a roadworks site, instantly killing a Trinidadian mechanic and critically wounding two other men, police said Tuesday.

2.   The students were promoting a Halloween fraternity party to raise money to fight leukemia when the device one of them was carrying exploded accidentally.

3.   Two teen-agers smoking in an elevator burned to death after a jar of gasoline they were carrying exploded, an official said Wednesday.

4.   Two Muslims also died in the violence in Kalupur as the bombs they were carrying exploded, police said.

5.   Late Thursday, a truck carrying dynamite exploded, blocking one of those roads, said police.