1.   An explosion at an old munitions depot killed eight people, including several children playing in the area, medical officials said Sunday.

2.   Local officials removed the old munitions without incident, the ministry said.

3.   Old munitions and ordnance still litter parts of Vietnam more than two decades after the end of the war.

4.   The Russian official also raised the possibility that Russia could help France destroy old munitions, some dating to World War I.

5.   However, later they blamed the authorities for failing to destroy old munitions stored at Jebil Hadid.