11.   Prisoners routinely escape from South African jails, either by breaking out or bribing court and police officials to alter their documents.

12.   The explosive fell in an adjoining open-air snack bar, killing some of the customers, according to police officials who spoke on condition of anonymity.

13.   The interior minister is the top police official.

14.   The ministry appealed the ruling in March and the Appeal Court will now hear the case, said police officials, speaking on condition of anonymity.

15.   They successfully completed their first dive, but did not emerge from a second, according to police officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

16.   Twenty-five other people were injured, six of them seriously, according to police officials.

17.   At least a dozen people, including four policemen, were injured during a clash between Kashmiri youth and police here Saturday, police officials said.

18.   Two people were reported dead and dozens injured as tornados swept through four southeastern US states, police officials said.