31.   The operation followed a recent upsurge in violence linked to Basque separatism, which has included a sabotage campaign by young radicals.

32.   The operation followed an official request from an international public prosecutor and a police investigation.

33.   The operation followed an unsuccessful first attempt at a hospital in the Chechen capital Grozny immediately following the bomb attack this week, Interfax said.

34.   The operation followed the death of an Israeli officer killed by pro-Iranian Hezbollah guerrillas near Yohmor.

35.   The resumption of air the aid operations follows verbal undertakings by the government and Bosnian Serbs not to fire at aircraft landing at Sarajevo airport, UN officials said.

36.   Officials said the operation followed the murder in the camp, three days before a special summit of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in Islamabad Sunday.

37.   So the next day Cheyenne was delivered by Caesarean section and a three-hour heart transplant operation followed, they said.

38.   Ten people were presumed dead Sunday after officials gave up search operations following two sailing accidents in heavy storms in the Mediterranean, rescue services said.

39.   That discount airline, which saw one its planes crash last month in Miami, suspended operations Monday following a government investigation.

40.   The Channel tunnel, linking Britain to mainland Europe, opened for cargo traffic in May last year and has since been speeding up its operations following testing.