21.   The attack Friday marked the second day that rockets have landed in northern Israel.

22.   The attack marked the return to the spotlight of the feared Maoist group, recently overshadowed by a smaller rival band of rebels.

23.   The attack Thursday marked the first such violence in Monrovia since rebel leader Charles Taylor tried to seize the city two years ago.

24.   The attempted attack marked a new setback in Israel-PLO relations.

25.   The Croat attacks marked a serious challenge to rebel Serb aspirations of establishing a separate state on territories they won four years ago.

26.   The Chechen attacks mark a low point for Moscow in the war that started late last summer.

27.   The helicopter attack marked the latest escalation in a recent upsurge of violence.

28.   The latest attacks marked the first bombings in eastern Nigeria.

29.   The midnight attack marked the first time the rebels had fired at the Yugoslav army.

30.   Vitriolic personal attacks have marked the campaign.