11.   A strong blast rocked the centre of Manchester on Saturday, injuring several dozen people, police said.

12.   A violent explosion in a tax office rocked the centre of Algiers late Saturday morning, an AFP correspondent reported.

13.   At least one person was killed when two explosions rocked the centre of the Tajik capital Dushanbe early Thursday, police said.

14.   At least one person was killed when two explosions rocked the centre of the Tajik capital Dushanbe early Thursday.

15.   Meanwhile, a large number of crude bombs rocked the centre of Motijheel business district as opposition activists hurled stones and damaged some shops.

16.   Meanwhile a powerful explosion rocked the centre of the devastated Chechen capital Grozny, ITAR-TASS news agency said, without giving details of casualties or damage.

17.   No-one claimed responsibility immediately for the blast, which rocked the centre of Chandigarh, joint capital of the adjoining northern states of Haryana and Punjab.

18.   No-one claimed responsibility immediately for the blast which rocked the centre of Chandigarh.

19.   Overnight the city centre was rocked by a series of heavy explosions.

20.   Several explosions rocked the centre of Jerusalem on Thursday as dozens of Israeli security forces staged a civil defence exercise on a scale unprecedented in the holy city.