31.   West Yorkshire Police launched a murder inquiry after fire gutted a house in the Birkby area of Huddersfield, northern England, early Sunday morning.

32.   Figard arrived in England to help the police hunt which is being treated as a murder inquiry.

33.   German federal prosecutors have launched a murder inquiry against Iranian Minister of Intelligence and Security Ali Fallahian, the news magazine Focus has reported, quoting a court spokesman.

34.   A murder inquiry was underway Tuesday after an Egyptian trade official was gunned down in his Geneva home, police said.

35.   A rightwing extremist, questioned as part of the murder inquiry, said he informed police several weeks ago about the plans of assassin Yigal Amir.

36.   But detectives believe he had been attacked shortly before and are treating his death as a murder inquiry.

37.   But none have been charged as part of the murder inquiry.

38.   The officer who led the murder inquiry defended the investigation, saying that although the verdict was disappointing the police had done everything they could to catch the killers.

39.   The radio said an extreme right-winger, questioned as part of the murder inquiry, said he informed police several weeks ago about the plans of assassin Yigal Amir.

40.   Peres banned ministers from discussing the murder inquiry with the press, as they blamed each other for the leaks.