31.   India withdrew its ambassador from Pakistan in December, after a militant attack on the Parliament in New Delhi.

32.   Islamabad has denied allegations that it was involved in the militant attacks on India.

33.   India has said it will not consider withdrawing its troops until it sees a noticeable reduction in infiltration and militant attacks in Jammu-Kashmir.

34.   Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer said the Israeli operation put off for a while the prospect of further Palestinian militant attacks, but did not end them.

35.   Israeli troops killed a Palestinian in an overnight shootout, and Israeli police went on high alert Monday to prevent Palestinian militant attacks after the latest deadly bombing.

36.   Israel accuses Arafat of not doing enough to stop Palestinian militant attacks.

37.   It was the first militant attack on an army unit in the Kabylie region in about two years.

38.   Last week, Israel accused Arafat of direct responsibility for militant attacks and severed all contact with him.

39.   Luxor residents protest Islamic militant attack.

40.   Meanwhile, fresh militant attacks and Israeli retaliations in a disputed border area threatened to inflame the Mideast crisis further.