21.   Two sets of five powerful explosions sounded over the city.

22.   U.S. warplanes resumed attacks on Afghanistan early Saturday morning and eight powerful explosions were heard in the capital of Kabul.

23.   When a powerful explosion in an industrial area lit up the night sky Sunday, the identity of a bearded dead man found at the scene was a mystery.

24.   Zahra Muhammad Sidir heard a powerful explosion.

25.   Palestinian police, meanwhile, were investigating two powerful explosions Monday in Ramallah and Gaza City.

26.   A day earlier a Pakistan navy shuttle bus was destroyed when a powerful explosion ripped it apart outside the Sheraton Hotel.

27.   A powerful explosion at a five-star hotel Friday killed one person and injured two, according to a television report.

28.   A powerful explosion damaged a high voltage electricity pylon connecting Greece to Italy, police said Monday.

29.   A powerful explosion in a crowded market in New Delhi on Tuesday shattered glass panes and set off a fire, police said.

30.   A powerful explosion possibly set off by a bomb rocked a Venice courthouse in the heart of this lagoon city Thursday, damaging the building and nearby stores.