31.   Ron Noble, who heads the law enforcement division at the Treasury Department, said the closing of Pennsylvania Avenue was intended to prevent bombings, not fence jumpings.

32.   Soldiers have been put on the streets, trash cans sealed in Paris and other major cities and other precautions taken to try to prevent another bombing.

33.   Senior Palestinian Authority officials met Thursday night with political leaders of Hamas and urged them to prevent revenge bombings by the group.

34.   The Palestinian Authority has stepped up efforts to prevent Hamas bombings.

35.   Thousands of special CRS police patrolled subway stations and sensitive points of the French capital Wednesday in an intense effort to prevent further bombings.

36.   Concrete blocks have even been erected in the streets surrounding the city-centre Grand Hotel where they are staying to prevent car bombings.

37.   Noble, in an earlier interview, said the closing of Pennsylvania Avenue was intended to prevent bombings, not fence jumpings.