41.   International officials have linked such incidents to Croat criminal gangs, who operate unimpeded by the police.

42.   A senior police official linked the killing to sectarian friction between religious militants.

43.   A senior police official linked the killing to sectarian problem between religious militants.

44.   A senior police official linked the killing to sectarian problems between religious militants.

45.   But it was the first time a senior Iranian official linked the attack, unprecedented against a shrine, to inter-communal tension in Iran.

46.   NATO and IPTF officials linked the two incidents stating that the besieging of the UN police station was in retaliation for the detention of the Serb police.

47.   Officials linked the sudden change of heart to a meeting in Washington this Thursday of international donors to the Palestinian territories.

48.   Palestinian security officials have linked a resumption of full security cooperation with Israel to a halt in work on the new Har Homa settlement in Jerusalem.

49.   Russia has experienced a series of bombings and attempted bombings in the past month, which officials have linked to the war in Chechnya.

50.   Thai officials have linked all four deaths to the missing jewels.