71.   Opposition leaders blamed the government.

72.   Rwandan leader blames colonialism for massacres.

73.   Protestant leaders blamed the IRA itself, arguing that the outlawed group uses fictional cover names for political expediency.

74.   Russian leaders blamed the bombings on Chechen rebels, who denied responsibility.

75.   Russian security chief Ivan Rybkin and Chechen separatist leaders blamed the blast on forces opposed to the peace agreements in Chechnya.

76.   Singapore sees itself as a defender of Asian values in contrast to Western liberalism, which Singapore leaders blame for a variety of social ills.

77.   Shiite leaders blamed militant members of a rival Sunni Muslim group called Sipah-e-Sahabah.

78.   Several Shiite Muslim leaders earlier blamed another Sunni Muslim group linked to previous assaults, Sipah-e-Sahabah or the Friends of the Guardians of the Prophet.

79.   Shiite leaders have blamed the Sipah-e-Sahaba, an extremist Sunni sectarian group, for the killing.

80.   Some Christian leaders blamed a militant Muslim militia, the Laskar Jihad, for the attack.