31.   Testing that policy, a car bomb exploded near a vocational school in Netanya Wednesday afternoon.

32.   Surely, the tempestuous Motta was about to explode near the end of a long, frustrating evening at Reunion Arena.

33.   The campers, including five children, died when a natural gas pipeline operated by El Paso Natural Gas Co. broke and exploded near Carlsbad, N.M.

34.   The bomb exploded near the Hotel Nutibarra.

35.   The concerns increased on Monday when a bomb on a donkey cart exploded near an Israeli bus in the Gaza Strip.

36.   The Interfax news agency reported bombs exploded near a cemetery in Stariye Atagi, south of Grozny, and killed several people in a funeral cortege.

37.   The grenade landed a few yards behind him and exploded near a car in the compound.

38.   The Georgian leader, Eduard Shevardnadze, was slightly wounded Tuesday when a large car bomb exploded near the parliament building in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi.

39.   The Israeli army said that a bomb exploded near a convoy of military vehicles, which then came under fire.

40.   The statement came hours after a bomb exploded near a community center where the provincial premier was about to speak.