11.   Farm and labor groups blasted the new laws, saying they would make the country more reliant on the world market.

12.   Hard-line Palestinian groups blasted a rival faction on Monday for offering to join final status peace negotiations with Israel.

13.   Human rights groups blasted Israel on Wednesday for barring Palestinians from using a new road in the West Bank.

14.   Rights group blasts Israel on closures.

15.   Rights groups have also blasted both Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur for their treatment of the immigrants.

16.   The murder is currently under investigation by police in Kandal province, but the human rights group blasted the slow pace of the probe.

17.   Human rights groups also blasted the prosecutor.

18.   But business groups blasted the tax proposal, saying the military did not need more money but rather a mor effective use of its current resources.

19.   The Vatican and Moslem fundamentalist groups have blasted the draft plan which they say condones abortion, extra-marital sex and homosexuality.

20.   One group of soldiers blasted a hole in the ceiling, through which the hostages were freed.