51.   Rumours had been circulating Monday of an attempted attack on Prime Minister Ibrahim Bubacar Keita.

52.   State radio reported that the craft fell in Jordanian territory, adding that it was not thought to be an attempted attack.

53.   The armed wing of the radical Palestinian group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attempted attack in an announcement over a loudspeaker in the town of Rafah.

54.   The armed wing of the radical Palestinian group Hamas claimed responsibility for the attempted attack.

55.   The government has rarely if ever admitted any attacks or attempted attacks against it in the last two decades although they have been reported by diplomats or opposition groups.