21.   An attack before dawn on the Ein el-Hilweh refugee camp near the port of Sidon was the first on a Palestinian target since Israel began the offensive.

22.   Among Palestinians, only a minority supported suicide attacks before the current uprising began last September.

23.   Attacks before dawn Saturday included a strike on an oil refinery in the northern city of Novi Sad.

24.   Bushinsky also denied reports by Palestinian security officials that Israel was negotiating a truce with the militant Islamic group Hamas to prevent anti-Israeli attacks before the elections.

25.   Charlotte Coleman suffered from asthma for years, but had never experienced a major attack before, said her father, Francis Coleman.

26.   China suspended the negotiations after the embassy bombing and has said that Washington must provide a fuller explanation for the attack before WTO talks can resume.

27.   Dairut has been the scene of deadly attacks before as Muslim militants targeted Christians in their revolt against the government.

28.   Four terrorist attacks before dawn Wednesday damaged customs and police stations and destroyed a car, heightening tension on this troubled French Mediterranean island.

29.   Hamburg was also home to three other men believed to have helped plot the attacks before leaving the country.

30.   Hamburg was also home to three other men believed to have helped plot the attacks before fleeing the country.