1.   Several families were evacuated from their homes in Ulster last night after a bomb alert.

2.   The bomb alert was raised soon after midnight.

3.   Except for early-morning commuters fuming after a false bomb alert closed the Brooklyn Bridge, the city was largely taking the warnings in stride.

4.   Police closed stretches of a busy motorway and halted rail service in much of northern England Friday after receiving coded bomb alerts.

5.   All high-speed trains between Brussels, Paris and London halted because of bomb alert, Belgian railways says.

6.   All high-speed trains between Brussels, Paris and London were halted Thursday because of a bomb alert, Belgian railways said.

7.   An egg timer in an empty suitcase set off a bomb alert at Copenhagen airport Thursday.

8.   An Interior Ministry spokeswoman reported more bomb alerts Thursday, though tourist areas and subways still bustled.

9.   Bomb alerts forced police to close a major bridge in one Northern Ireland city and to evacuate shops and homes in another town Wednesday.

10.   Bomb alerts have forced temporary evacuations of the Louvre, the Paris Opera and a number of department stores, though no explosives were found.