11.   The group, in a fax sent to Interfax, said it had not detonated the mines Sunday evening as planned because there were innocent people in the area.

12.   The father of the children detonated the mine while plowing his land.

13.   The mine was detonated by a cell phone call placed by someone watching the truck from outside the facility, the police believe.

14.   The military said two soldiers were killed and one was wounded on Saturday when rebels detonated a mine in Point Pedro town in the peninsula.

15.   The rebels detonated the mine by remote control, Jacob said.

16.   The three policemen were searching for a jeep stolen by the rebels when they detonated the mine.

17.   The soldiers were patrolling a jungle road near the northern city of Jaffna shortly after dusk on Sunday when the Tamil rebels detonated a mine, the official said.

18.   The three policemen had been searching for a jeep stolen by the rebels when they detonated the mine.

19.   Three Omon police officers were killed and eight were wounded when their truck detonated a mine in the capital Grozny, the official in the pro-Moscow Chechen administration said.

20.   Two police vehicles were traveling in the Oktyabrysky district of the city on Saturday when one of the armored personnel carriers detonated the mine.