31.   In the latest in a string of attacks against foreigners in Russia, an Iraqi student was beaten in an apparent racist attack, officials said Tuesday.

32.   Israeli troops killed four armed Palestinians in two separate gun battles Wednesday, and a Palestinian employee shot dead an Israeli factory manager in an apparent political attack.

33.   It was the second apparent attack against a prestige downtown hotel since the current wave of political unrest began in early January.

34.   Late Saturday an Israeli bus was riddled with bullets in an apparent attack by Palestinian militants as it traveled near the West Bank city of Ramallah, police said.

35.   Nineteen people have been killed in apparent militant attacks since the cease fire went into effect.

36.   Oil prices soared Thursday after an apparent terrorist attack on a U.S. Navy destroyer in Yemen ignited worries that the conflict in the Middle East could widen.

37.   Police arrested the aide of a regional governor Tuesday, accusing him of beating a rival politician in an apparent anti-Semitic attack, prosecutors said.

38.   Serbs rocketed a U.N. armored vehicle Monday, wounding four Bangladeshi peacekeepers in an apparent deliberate attack on U.N. troops in Bosnia.

39.   The blast at the Diplomat was the second apparent attack against a prestige downtown hotel since the latest wave of unrest began in early January.

40.   The blast at the Diplomat was the second apparent attack against a prestigious downtown hotel since the latest wave of unrest began in early January.