21.   Elsewhere in China, bombings have been blamed on disgruntled workers, jilted lovers, blackmailers and others.

22.   Hezbollah and Lebanese government leaders have blamed the bombing on Israel.

23.   Investigators have largely blamed the bombing on neofascists, but numerous probes have failed to result in conviction.

24.   Moscow blamed the bombings on Chechen rebels.

25.   Moscow blames recent bombings in Moscow, and an escalation of the conflict in Chechnya and neighboring Dagestan, on seccessionist-minded Islamic militants.

26.   Moscow blamed the bombings on the rebels.

27.   Moscow blames the bombings on Chechens and says the military campaign in Chechnya was made necessary by the threat of new terrorist attacks.

28.   No one has claimed responsibility, but the government blamed the bombing on separatist rebels fighting for a homeland for the Tamil minority.

29.   Nobody claimed responsibility for the attack, but such bombings are usually blamed on Islamic militants waging a violent insurgency against the military-backed government.

30.   Occasional bombings have been blamed on ethnic rebels or communist insurgents.