11.   Both blasts came just as people were gathered to eat their first meal of the day.

12.   The blast came as the bus was collecting workers involved in a joint Pdings.

13.   The blast came shortly before he was due to sign a new constitution consolidating his powers in the Caucasus republic.

14.   The blast came as US Secretary of State Colin Powell arrived in New Delhi to try and push India and Pakistan towards a dialogue on their Kashmir dispute.

15.   The blast came just hours after British security experts, together with US colleagues, transferred the six wanted Palestinians to the jail in Jericho.

16.   The blast came shortly before the zoo was opened to the public.

17.   The blasts came as the capital was on alert for possible bomb attacks by the LTTE, which has been accused of several suicide bombings here.