1.   Plastic explosives could have been detected at de Gaulle Airport only if they contained a metal detonating device, such as blasting caps used for heavy-duty demolition jobs.

2.   Police vans carrying bomb-disposal experts and special robotic detonating devices are constantly on call to respond to suspect packages.

3.   The bomb, which had a detonating device, was found early Friday under a bridge by two passers-by.

4.   The canister failed to explode because of a defective detonating device wedged under the track.

5.   Four children were seriously injured in this southern city when two ping-pong balls used as detonating devices for hunting exploded, police said Friday.

6.   But investigators found no sign of a detonating device nor nails or other ironmongery stuffed into previous devices which have been linked to Algerian fundamentalist militants.

7.   Official sources said a pressure cooker packed with explosives and a detonating device exploded.

8.   Official sources said the blast was caused by a bomb in the form of a pressure cooker packed with explosives and a detonating device.

9.   The disclosure came just days after a bomb with a sophisticated remote control detonating device was discovered along a route taken by Attorney General Alfonso Valdivieso to his office.

10.   The Dhahran bombers were well organized, had sophisticated training and access to military quality explosives and detonating devices.