31.   The bombing came about two hours after Israeli commandos were flown in on four helicopter gunships to a site near Kfour.

32.   The bombing came after a large student protest in Athens that injured three people, including a police officer who suffered burns after being hit by a firebomb.

33.   The bombing came amid a massive government offensive against student and ethnic Karen National Union rebels and followed attacks by Buddhist monks last month against minority Muslims.

34.   The bombing came amid a rising debate on whether Iraq will be the next target of the U.S. anti-terror campaign.

35.   The bombing comes just hours after CIA chief George Tenet visited the area to push reforms that would make the Palestinian security services more effective in preventing terror attacks.

36.   The bombings came after Chechnya-based Muslim fighters invaded the neighboring republic of Dagestan in August and were driven out by Russian forces.

37.   The bombings came amid efforts by Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to arrange truce talks.

38.   The bombings came two days before parliamentary elections.

39.   The latest bombings came despite Slobodan Milosevic freeing three U.S. soldiers who had been captive more than a month.

40.   The suicide bombings came only two days after an Islamic Jihad militant blew himself up on an Israeli bus, killing three passengers and himself.