1.   The Israeli military said four Palestinians were shot dead early Saturday at the Askar refugee camp near Nablus as they placed explosives along a road to the camp.

2.   The Israeli army said two Palestinians were killed after trying to place explosives near one of the fences around the Gaza Strip.

3.   The Taliban destroyed them last spring, making precise incisions to strategically place the explosives.

4.   Police said the explosive was placed in the bus, which apparently was empty.

5.   Others suspected that explosives had been placed aboard the aircraft.

6.   Preliminary investigation indicated the explosive was placed on the ground beneath the parking spot.

7.   Philippine officials said at the time that the airport bomb was real but the Subic explosive had been placed there as part of a security exercise.

8.   Also, demolition crews placed the explosives that will bring down the bombed-out building early Tuesday.

9.   Azteca also reported that the callers said they had placed explosives at the Italian Embassy in Mexico City and at the federal Senate building, TV Azteca reported.

10.   He claimed in a telephone call to the semiofficial Anatolia news agency that explosives were placed under trucks and the fuel depots on the ship.