31.   In Washington, officials said U.S. investigators were heading Saturday to Pakistan to join the investigation of a man who is reported to have confessed to planning the bombings.

32.   In Washington, officials said U.S. investigators were heading to Pakistan to join the investigation of a man who is reported to have confessed to planning the bombings.

33.   Israeli officials acknowledged the relative calm, but said Israel still wants Arafat to arrest those involved in planning suicide bombings and to put an end to anti-Israel incitement.

34.   Israeli security forces have uncovered several cells of the Islamic militant group Hamas which planned bombings in West Bank settlements and Israeli cities, the army said Monday.

35.   Kennedy also said he knew nothing about a diary that reportedly showed McVeigh and associates had planned bombings in two other cities.

36.   On Monday, Israel tightened its closure around the town of Ramallah, alleging that Palestinians were planning a bombing.

37.   Originally, the officers themselves were accused of planning the bombing.

38.   Reports in Pakistan had said the suspect had confessed to planning the bombings and implicated his co-conspirators.

39.   Prosecutors allege that he urged others from his prison cell to plan bombings, kidnappings and killings.

40.   Ricco said the bombings were planned and carried out by young members of a militant wing of al Qaeda.