11.   The bombing Thursday followed one Wednesday on a crowded bus in northern Israel that killed seven people.

12.   The bombings followed an even more deadly car bombing in the city center on Sunday.

13.   The bombing followed a series of incidents in south Lebanon, the last active warfront in she Arab-Israelc conflict.

14.   The bombings followed a night of violence that left eight people dead, including three members of the same family.

15.   The bombing followed a deadly attack Monday at the same hour in another Algiers neighborhood that left four people dead.

16.   The bombing followed another at an orchard next to a West Bank Jewish settlement in which three Israeli teen-agers were injured.

17.   The bombing follows almost daily Israeli air raids on suspected guerrilla hideouts in the south, including an air strike earlier Monday.

18.   The bombings followed a report that Baghdad had not fully cooperated with the inspectors.

19.   The bombings followed several high-profile failures to persuade leaders of the Pashtun ethnic majority to abandon the Taliban.

20.   The failed bombing followed a suicide bombing in the coastal city of Netanya Sunday, which killed three people and the bomber.