11.   Angry residents blamed the blast on Kashmiri militants.

12.   Authorities blame the blasts on Islamic militants from breakaway Chechnya.

13.   Authorities blamed the blasts on Chechen rebels.

14.   Authorities blamed the blast on a natural gas leak.

15.   Egan blames the blast for his osteoporosis, lung failure and a heart attack.

16.   Government officials blamed that blast on the Karen National Union, a border-based armed wing of an ethnic group seeking autonomy from Rangoon.

17.   Government officials have blamed the blasts on dissidents.

18.   However, angry residents blamed the blast on Kashmiri militants.

19.   Investigators blame that blast on dissident members of the Irish Republican Army, who they believe were trying to scuttle the Northern Ireland peace process.

20.   Moscow blamed the blasts on Chechen militants.