1.   One afternoon while Anna is out trading gold for bread, her parents are killed when a stray shell blows up their home.

2.   That explains the campaign to sacrifice Palestinian women and children, opening the possibility for a stray Israeli shell to inflict horrific tragedy.

3.   A stray shell wounded one man at a crossing point, militia officials said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity.

4.   A stray shell from a Russian helicopter hit the Interior Ministry, igniting it, the Interfax news agency said.

5.   As he spoke Saturday, two stray shells plopped harmlessly into the sea, far from whatever land target the shooters had in mind.

6.   At least one stray shell fired from Brazzaville landed in Kinshasa as the leaders met Tuesday, and state-run radio said it killed a civilian woman.

7.   He said that showed that only a few stray shells landed in the base.

8.   In August, a Thai soldier was killed and several were wounded by stray shells.

9.   Most of the victims were non-combatants caught in cross-fire or whose homes were hit by stray shells, witnesses said.

10.   Most of the victims were militiamen, but two civilians were killed by a stray shell, witnesses said.