11.   Some scholars believe that the atomic bombing had the perverse effect of allowing Japanese to regard themselves as victims of the war rather than its cause.

12.   Still, one top Yemeni official acknowledged that the bombing may have had deeper roots within Yemen.

13.   The bombing also has had consequences for the United States and NATO.

14.   To Israelis, the bombing had a gruesome familiarity.

15.   Whatever effect those bombings were having in Kosovo, they were an unqualified disaster for the man standing in front of me.

16.   Police said they doubted the bombing had any connection to the soccer match, but all possibilities were being investigated.

17.   But the bombing could still have its desired effect.

18.   But several Peruvian counterinsurgency experts said the bombing had the trademark of past Shining Path attacks.

19.   Hamas, the Palestinian group whose suicide bombings have Israel reeling, said it has joined the rocketing of northern Israel from Lebanon.

20.   Israel seeks a Palestinian commitment to stop attacks everywhere, including inside Israel, where suicide bombings have enraged Israelis.