1.   Another time, the rebels holed up in a hospital as hundreds of government troops blasted away with mortars and helicopter gunships fired rockets.

2.   Houses and cars were burning in the village, as troops blasted suspected rebel hide-outs.

3.   Israeli troops blasted a HAMAS hideout with anti-tank rockets killing a wanted militant after a siege here Friday, witnesses said.

4.   Israeli troops blasted open strong boxes in various offices in Ramallah during their three-week occupation, Palestinian officials say.

5.   Another Taliban official said the opposition troops blasted hillsides near the Salang Pass in a bid to halt the Taliban advance.

6.   Troops were also blasting the nearby villages of Bamut, Orekhovo and Stary Achkhoi, which are totally destroyed and have long been deserted by non-combatants.

7.   Russian troops were also blasting the nearby villages of Bamut, Orekhovo and Stary Achkhoi, which are totally destroyed and have long been deserted by non-combatants.

8.   The peacekeeping troops blasted them out of the building.