11.   An explosion rocked the area shortly afterward, but Martin could not say what caused the blast.

12.   Blasts from homemade grenades repeatedly rocked the area.

13.   Despite the cease-fire, gunfire rocks the area nearly every day.

14.   Explosions continued to rock the area, and U.S. warplanes streaked overhead.

15.   Explosions rocked the area over the weekend, and the Algerian government mounted an air search using helicopters, Algerian press reports said.

16.   Explosions rocked the area of Sarajevo and the Serb stronghold of Pale to the southeast.

17.   Explosions rocked the area over the weekend, Algerian press reports said.

18.   For the company officials, the tranquillity is a welcome change from the often violent agitations that rocked the area during the last two years.

19.   Four successive earthquakes rocked wide areas of the central and southern Philippines early Friday, sending people out of homes and buildings in panic, officials said.

20.   Heavy explosions rocked the area around Kandahar overnight and early Monday, with bright flares illuminating the night sky, a witness in the city said.