21.   Those same paramilitaries were blamed by residents here for looting shops before they left town Saturday.

22.   Although the Taliban have not claimed responsibility for the attacks, many Kabul residents blamed the rebels.

23.   Angry residents blamed the blast on Kashmiri militants.

24.   Bodelan and Hurvits have accused each other of having links with local criminal groups, and residents have blamed recent slayings in Odessa on their rivalry.

25.   Cidade de Deus residents blamed Rio Mayor Cesar Maia, saying flooding could have been avoided if the city had dredged the river.

26.   However, angry residents blamed the blast on Kashmiri militants.

27.   In one home, one resident blamed his blaze on an electrical socket and a conduit that burned.

28.   In the streets of Shati, many residents blamed the Islamic militant group Hamas for their troubles.

29.   In the village of Gataraga, residents blamed the army for several deaths last week in the neighboring village of Rusanze, where soldiers torched houses.

30.   Lebanese newspapers said residents blamed the storm on the eclipse.