41.   The blasts came near the spot where two rocket-propelled grenades exploded Saturday night, he said.

42.   The blasts came three days after an explosion killed two people in a Christian neighborhood of Beirut.

43.   The blasts came three days after the U.S. State Department renewed a warning for Americans to exercise caution while in the Philippines.

44.   The blasts Tuesday came a day after a bomb lightly damaged the headquarters of a government statistics agency in Paris.

45.   The church blast came as government forces used warplanes, navy gunboats and long-range artillery to open an offensive against rebels in northern Sri Lanka.

46.   The blast came as Palestinian and Israeli negotiators gathered in the Red Sea port of Eilat to finalize negotiations on an Israeli withdrawal from cities in the West Bank.

47.   The blast came as thousands of Israeli children donned costumes to celebrate the Purim holiday.

48.   The blast came at a time of high alert.

49.   The blast came days after a visit to Santo Domingo by Barry McCaffrey, U.S. drug policy adviser to President Bill Clinton.

50.   The blast came hours after Israel and the Palestinians differed sharply over an American peace plan.