1.   The Israeli troops defused the situation by allowing Palestinian cars to go through the checkpoint toward the demonstrators, creating a huge traffic jam.

2.   The troops defused the explosives, NATO officials said.

3.   A general strike called to condemn a bomb attack on journalists here paralysed the Kashmir Valley on Saturday as Indian troops defused a landmine in downtown Srinagar.

4.   Troops also defused a landmine concealed in another polling station in the downtown Kalamdarpura area, they said.

5.   Spanish troops defuse explosives around the Afghan capital as they listen to music from home.