31.   To the north, a bakery worker was jailed for a month for a bomb hoax.

32.   Two years ago, an IRA bomb hoax forced police to evacuate the stands shortly before the race and postpone it for two days.

33.   Throughout the day, there was a spike in the number of bomb hoaxes, including threats against the Verrazano Bridge, said Police Commissioner Howard Safir.

34.   A bomb hoax forced an Air India flight from the United Arab Emirates to land in Oman and evacuate its passengers early Sunday, the company said here.

35.   A bomb hoax forced a Scandinavian SAS jet to turn back shortly after taking off for Amsterdam on Monday, police said.

36.   A bomb hoax interrupted classes on Wednesday at a Tel Aviv university where the murderer of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin studied law, police said.

37.   A Singapore Airlines jetliner and a plane of the Greek carrier Olympic Airways made emergency landings here Sunday after two bomb hoaxes, airport authorities said.

38.   Work was interrupted Friday at the US embassy in Cairo following a bomb hoax, an embassy official said.

39.   Last Friday a telephone bomb hoax against Craig McDermott further raised tension among team members.

40.   Meanwhile Israeli and Palestinian negotiators continued discussions aimed at forging a Hebron deal in a Jerusalem hotel late Monday following a brief interruption caused by a bomb hoax.