1.   The report came amidst speculation that radical factions supported by Khalkhali had intensified their attacks on the government for its policy of rapprochement with the West.

2.   Sensing the dangers of such rivalry, the Communists intensified their attack on the ILP, going so far as to declare that disaffiliation was but a temporary manoeuvre.

3.   Amid intensifying attacks by both sides, a Palestinian gunman at rush hour Tuesday opened fire on Israelis at a downtown Jerusalem bus stop, wounding eight people seriously.

4.   And some religious fundamentalists are intensifying their attacks on Halloween as a pagan, even satanic, ritual, which might spook some squeamish marketers.

5.   As adult stem cells have begun to look increasingly useful, antiabortion groups have used that prospect to intensify their attack on the use of embryonic stem cells.

6.   Bush also intensified his attacks on Gore over oil and gas prices.

7.   But Democrats intensified their attacks against Bush.

8.   But it also stiffened the resolve of Russian leaders, who have intensified attacks on Islamic strongholds in Dagestan in an effort to stamp out the rebellion.

9.   Despite signs of some progress, officials have pressed for new weapons that would allow NATO to intensify the attacks on the ground forces.

10.   Drawing on intelligence from Special Forces on the ground and from Russian intelligence, U.S. warplanes have intensified attacks on the Taliban.