31.   An extreme leftist group on Monday claimed responsibility for a bomb attack against a top conservative politician on grounds he helped to suppress Kurds in Germany.

32.   Although H.K.L. Bhagat, a former Cabinet minister, was imprisoned this year pending trial on charges of instigating riots, no top politician or official has been convicted.

33.   And top politicians warned of the difficult task facing negotiators trying to end the war.

34.   Anwar said he had asked the police to probe the hate mail, but was startled by their finding that top politicians were involved.

35.   Before he and other top politicians met privately with Clinton, Zyuganov issued another apocalyptic warning about the consequences of not moving swiftly to form a new government.

36.   Besides top Serbian politicians, the court also was broadening its reach to other warring communities.

37.   But even the weekend brought no silence from other top politicians who are again eyeing the top Kremlin job.

38.   But dozens of top politicians will keep their entitlements.

39.   But the judges rejected a request last week by another top Bosnian Serb politician, Momcilo Krajisnik, to be allowed to attend a memorial service for his father.

40.   But top ethnic Albanian politicians who participated in the talks said there was no breakthrough in sight.