21.   The Taliban said US planes hit a crowded bus in Kandahar, the southern Taliban stronghold, and worshippers leaving a mosque in western Afghanistan.

22.   The Taliban said U.S. planes on Thursday hit a crowded bus in Kandahar, a southern stronghold, and worshippers leaving a mosque near Herat in the western region.

23.   We were two sailors on leave in Manhattan who got onto a crowded uptown bus.

24.   A crowded bus plunged into a canal in northern Bangladesh Tuesday, killing at least nine people, state-run television said.

25.   A crowded bus skidded off the road and fell into a lake in northeastern India on Friday.

26.   A low-slug electrical cable snared five people riding on the roof of a crowded bus Sunday, electrocuting them, police said.

27.   A Hamas activist threw two hand grenades into a crowded bus station in the southern city of Beersheba and four Israelis were killed in three separate shooting incidents.

28.   An Islamic militant ignited a massive fireball when he blew himself up in a car packed with explosives alongside a crowded Israeli bus Wednesday.

29.   Commuters stood in line in hope of boarding crowded buses, or competed for the rare available taxi.

30.   He was apprehended shortly after throwing a second grenade into a crowded bus station in a southern Israeli city and has confessed to Israeli police.