11.   Barry said friends on the Warriors told him the attack was not provoked by Carlesimo.

12.   But Peres defiantly insisted that Hezbollah guerrillas had provoked the attack on a U.N. base where the civilians were seeking shelter.

13.   Civil liberties groups have argued that putting the names of sex offenders online could jeopardize the privacy of sex-abuse victims and provoke vigilante attacks against offenders.

14.   ComCare later put its crisis teams on alert for fear the letter would provoke attacks.

15.   Executions, they maintain, create martyrs and could provoke revenge attacks that would endanger Israelis.

16.   He has denied accusations that he provoked the attack by firing the first shot.

17.   He said his attack was provoked by verbal abuse from Carlesimo.

18.   He said Israel bears some responsibility for provoking Palestinian attacks by extending Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

19.   He said the attack was provoked by prolonged verbal abuse from the coach.

20.   In a public statement Tuesday, Barak said that the new momentum toward peace could provoke terrorist attacks.