41.   Powell is due in Israel late Thursday to try to tackle the unprecedented wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence.

42.   Since the start of the year, a flood of US nationals have visited the Caribbean island in an unprecedented wave of tourists.

43.   Sources said they feared the killings could herald an unprecedented wave of random killings by armed extremist groups in the area.

44.   The authorities have expelled several clerics, notably Sheikh Ali Salman whose arrest in December triggered an unprecedented wave of protests in the Gulf archipelago.

45.   The authorities have expelled several Shiite Moslem clerics, notably Sheikh Ali Salman whose arrest in December triggered an unprecedented wave of protests in the Gulf archipelago.