11.   Even though the culprits were not found and the militants have denied any involvement, the Russian government has blamed the rebels for the attacks.

12.   Governments can blame themselves for the rise of Islamic parties.

13.   Hedge funds have become a obsession in Hong Kong, where the government has blamed them for manipulating its currency and stock markets.

14.   I find it a little goofy that the federal government is blaming cheap beer for causing gonorrhea.

15.   Its pro-Western government has blamed Milosevic for provoking the war, and it fears that Milosevic may launch a coup against them.

16.   Last August, when it intervened to prop up the stock market, the government blamed overseas hedge funds for attacking its currency and stock market.

17.   Misuari accuses the government of blocking the release of funds, while the government blames his inexperience as an administrator.

18.   Successive Mexican governments have always blamed the demonstrators for the violence.

19.   Texas shrimpers say the government is blaming the wrong people for the turtle deaths.

20.   The government blamed the Basque separatist group ETA, and Prime Minister Jose Maria Aznar vowed to resist the rebels.