41.   UNI quoted unidentified officials as saying the disease had turned into an epidemic in New Delhi because of the failure of municipal authorities to keep the sprawling city clean.

42.   The compound is close to one of the main market areas in the sprawling Mediterranean city, and many of those hurt were civilians walking along the main street.

43.   The explosions, which witnesses said numbered at least eight, rattled windows in downtown buildings and could be heard from several points around this sprawling city.

44.   The explosions could be heard from several points around this sprawling city, but authorities did not imemdiately identify the cause of the blasts.

45.   The industrial zone in the northwest of this sprawling city suffered the highest ozone contamination levels, causing nausea, dizzy spells, vomiting and breathing difficulties.