81.   The Shiite fundamentalist Hezbollah group claimed the attack in a statement issued in Beirut.

82.   The Syrian-backed Amal, another Shiite group, claimed the attack.

83.   They included six people from two Shiite religious groups and one from a Sunni religious organisation.

84.   Zak-Zaki, the head of a Shiite fundamentalist group, was arrested last week in Nigeria after violent clashes between Christians and Moslems.

85.   Islamic Jihad, a Lebanese-based Shiite group, claimed responsibility.

86.   Pakistan backs the Taliban movement which gained control of the Afghan capital of Kabul in early October, while Iran supports smaller Shiite groups.

87.   Pakistan decided to combat sectarian terrorism on a war footing following dozens of killings by extremist Sunni and Shiite groups throughout the country in the past few months.

88.   Pakistan generally backs the Taliban movement which gained control of the Afghan capital of Kabul in early October, while Iran supports smaller Shiite groups.

89.   President Pervez Musharraf banned LJ as well as a Shiite extremist group, Sipah-i-Mohammad of Pakistan, in August.

90.   President Pervez Musharraf banned LJ as well as Shiite extremist group Sipah-i-Mohammad of Pakistan in August last year.