31.   Police said they were unsure what provoked the violence.

32.   PLO statements blamed Islamic militants for provoking the violence and claiming Hamas activists had come to the mosque armed with knives, firebombs and guns.

33.   A mass rally supporting Karadzic, the wartime Bosnian Serb leader indicted by the U.N. tribunal in The Hague, on hostile turf could easily provoke violence.

34.   A mass rally supporting Karadzic on hostile turf could easily provoke violence.

35.   Activists planning to protest the World Economic Forum accused authorities Tuesday of miscasting them as street thugs, saying police officers are more likely to provoke violence.

36.   Ahtisaari said he did not believe Milosevic would seek to provoke violence against the pro-Western government in Montenegro following his defeat in Kosovo.

37.   Akayev had warned Monday that any officials responsible for the clashes would be punished, but lashed out at the opposition for allegedly provoking the violence.

38.   Allies of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic plan to provoke violence at street protests to create a pretext for a crackdown on opponents, an opposition leader warned Sunday.

39.   Amr also called on Hamas not to retaliate for the killings and to hold only peaceful demonstrations that would not provoke violence.

40.   Attorneys for Aslam expressed concern to the court that the religious ceremony would provoke religious violence.