51.   A bomb alert that turned out to be a false alarm delayed the flight of an Israeli airliner due to take off for Cyprus Wednesday, Israeli radio reported.

52.   A search was made after a series of bomb alerts which British Prime Minister John Major immediately put down to the IRA.

53.   A spokesman denied the delay was influenced by the recent IRA campaign of bomb alerts that repeatedly caused transport chaos during the general election campaign.

54.   A Jordanian plane flying from Amsterdam to Amman was forced to make an emergency landing Tuesday after a bomb alert, an aviation official here said.

55.   A Jordanian plane was to make an emergency landing in Vienna on Tuesday after a bomb alert, an aviation official here said.

56.   A Polish airliner flying from Warsaw to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing early Sunday at Larnaca airport in Cyprus following a bomb alert, passengers told Israeli radio.

57.   A Polish airliner flying to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing early Sunday in Cyprus after a bomb alert, airport authorities here said.

58.   A wave of suspected IRA bomb alerts and two small explosions at railway stations wreaked havoc in northern England on Friday.

59.   A wide area around the Doncaster British Rail station was evacuated early Friday after a bomb alert, police said.

60.   Adding to the tension, however, an anonymous caller Monday phoned Bucharest airport with a hoax bomb alert about a Tarom airline flight bound for Paris.