31.   The government has attributed the deficit mainly to the continued drop of the international prices of some key export products, including copper, fruits and fishmeal.

32.   The prices of urea fertilizer have nearly doubled recently, which the government attributes to hoarding by dealers creating an artificial scarcity.

33.   Cohen said Arafat could confirm that Abu Marzuk was not involved in any of the criminal acts the Israeli government has attributed to him.

34.   The two-month-old Sharif government has attributed the shortages to ill-planned imports by the previous government of Benazir Bhutto.

35.   The Colombian government attributed six of the deaths to FARC forces.

36.   The government attributed the decline to companies continuing to lay off large numbers of workers, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun said, without citing sources.

37.   The government attributed the slowdown principally to weak consumer spending.

38.   The government attributed the second quarter performance to net exports, investment and spending by both consunmers and the US Defense Department.

39.   The government is attributing the killings to Islamic extremists.