31.   The Palestinians say Israel planted the explosives, while Israel maintains the Fatah men were preparing a bomb that went off prematurely.

32.   The three accomplices were arrested in a Lille suburb Thursday as they were preparing the bomb, and a fifth suspect was arrested in Lyon, police said.

33.   Three men believed to be Hezbollah guerrillas were killed in southern Lebanon, apparently while preparing a bomb, security officials said Saturday.

34.   Yousef was accidentally discovered hiding in a Manila apartment while allegedly preparing a bomb.

35.   Zaul says in the affidavit that he was accused of preparing fire bombs and of throwing stones at Israelis.

36.   Witnesses said it was apparently a case of a Palestinian militant preparing a bomb, which went off prematurely.

37.   Witnesses said he was apparently preparing a bomb, which went off prematurely.

38.   However investigators said the bomb had been prepared by professionals.

39.   Israeli police on Sunday clamped an indefinite news blackout on the identity of a man seriously injured while reportedly preparing a bomb in an east Jerusalem hotel room.

40.   Pro-Russian officials said one hypothesis being examined was that the men were separatist rebels who were preparing a bomb when it exploded prematurely.