41.   The incident followed the earlier abduction of another Dutch national, Clemens Verweij.

42.   The incident followed the reported kidnapping on Wednesday of a Serb police chief.

43.   The incident followed the shooting death of a Palestinian man in the nearby village of Halhoul Thursday.

44.   The incident follows an increase in tensions between the United States and China.

45.   The incident follows the arrests of nine people who police say were planning to carry out terrorism in Phnom Penh on behalf of the Communist Khmer Rouge.

46.   The incidents follow similar violence in Buenos Aires and La Plata two weeks ago, which ended with three deaths.

47.   The incident followed a border clash in which a North Korean soldier was killed while penetrating into the South.

48.   The incident followed a difficult weekend for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, when fighting in the six-month war was on an upsurge.

49.   The incident followed a night of heavy shooting in the Gaza Strip.

50.   The incident followed an attack last week on a Democratic Party mayor in the southern town of Nis.