21.   France has suffered a wave of bombing by Islamic fundamentalists angered by French support of the Zeroual regime.

22.   Aides said France, which suffered a wave of bomb attacks last year linked to Islamic extremism in Algeria, could bring its own particular feeling to the conference.

23.   The UAE is suffering a wave of drug trafficking partly because of its poorly guarded, lengthy coastline and proximity to such narcotic producers as Pakistan and Afghanistan.

24.   UN officials in Mogadishu said they had suffered a wave of attacks and ambushes since the Americans left.

25.   Serbs in the region suffered a wave of attacks in February and May claimed by a so-called army of liberation.

26.   The impoverished Central Asian state has also suffered a wave of Islamist incursions backed by extremists allegedly trained at terrorist camps run by the al-Qaeda network.