1.   Just as everyone was taking cover or converging on the scene, a second, greater blast ripped through the crowded alleys.

2.   State news media reported that the blasts ripped through several residential buildings in the city, Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei Province.

3.   The blast ripped down ceiling tiles, insulation and air ducts.

4.   The blast ripped doors off their hinges, shattered windows and left the room awash in blood.

5.   The blast ripped roofs off houses, tore doors from their hinges and shattered windows.

6.   The blast ripped the interior of the office apart, though none of the damage was visible from the outside.

7.   The blast ripped through a bus stop, throwing bystanders into the air and showering a main road with twisted metal and shattered glass.

8.   The mid-day blast ripped through downtown storefronts and came amid increasing international isolation of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

9.   Then, suddenly, a horn blast ripped through the silence.

10.   We nodded hello to neon-vested hunters and pedaled faster after a shotgun blast ripped through the woods.