11.   The fall of Samlot, which the hardliners used as a weapons dump and for timber and gem trading, was a significant blow.

12.   The two independent statesmen appointed to inspect secret Irish Republican Army weapons dumps pledged Monday that they would ensure weapons revealed by the outlawed group would never be used.

13.   The Ulster Unionists say they want the Irish government to have legislation ready that would empower authorities to seize or destroy IRA weapons dumps in the Irish Republic.

14.   U.N. finds chemical agents at Iraqi weapons dump.

15.   Interim Bosnian Serb President Biljana Plavsic led a storm of Serb protest Tuesday against the ongoing destruction of an unauthorised Serb weapons dump by NATO troops.

16.   Members of the Army Wives Association told AFP that the military had been warned before about the weapons dump after a smaller blast last year.

17.   Members of the Army Wives Association told AFP the military had been warned before about the weapons dump after a smaller blast last year.

18.   The gun was missing from the Ukrainian-guarded Ilidza weapon dump, Major Pierre Chavancy said, quoting initial reports.