11.   The officials said no faction should be blamed for the blaze, although last week Morocchino escaped a land mine blast in an apparent assassination bid.

12.   Five businessmen and a champion jockey were the targets of assassination bids.

13.   Hamas claimed it was a failed assassination bid against Abu Qweik and has sworn revenge.

14.   Hamas alleged it was a failed assassination bid against Abu Qweik, and has sworn revenge.

15.   Hamas alleged it was a failed assassination bid against their official, Hussein Abu Qweik, and swore there would be revenge.

16.   He also wanted to express his relief that Mubarak escaped an assassination bid the previous day in the Ethiopian capital.

17.   He said he had survived two assassination bids while in exile in Belgium.

18.   His eldest son Uday appeared on television with flowers next to his hospital bed as he recovered from an assassination bid in December.

19.   In Kashmir several people were injured in a bomb attack by Moslem militants and two policemen were wounded in a failed assassination bid on a state minister.

20.   It said the third had entered Sudan before the assassination bid on a forged passport.