41.   Before the show, police had warned band members not to make any statements that could provoke crowd violence.

42.   Border Gezi, a top ruling party official, said Sunday that opposition supporters were provoking the violence.

43.   But Egyptian Foreign Minister Amr Moussa, after meeting here today with Secretary of State Colin Powell, said Israel provoked the violence with a crackdown on Palestinians.

44.   But Brander said his group had no intention of provoking violence.

45.   But protesters said police provoked the violence by moving menacingly toward the marchers from the doors of the office tower housing the U.S. Embassy.

46.   But Sassou-Nguesso accused Lissouba of provoking violence so he would have a reason to cancel the vote and remain in power.

47.   But protesters said police and their dogs provoked the violence by moving toward them from the embassy building.

48.   Chief prosecutor Ulf Noren said the two committed a gross criminal act since there was a risk that their demonstration might provoke violence on the stands, TT reported.

49.   Chavez accuses opposition leaders of sending marchers to the presidential palace in an effort to provoke violence and justify a coup.

50.   Confrontations among Catholic protesters, Protestant marchers and the police have provoked widespread violence in Northern Ireland for the past three summers.