71.   But police said the assailant Saturday, intentionally targeted the children in an apparent sign of escalating random violence.

72.   Central European foreign ministers meeting in Milan, Italy, meanwhile, expressed fears Friday that escalating violence in Macedonia may spread to Kosovo and other Balkan areas.

73.   Clearly alarmed by the escalating violence, Bush, Powell and other administration officials sought to persuade the two sides to calm down.

74.   Concerned about escalating violence in the world, several Nobel Peace prize winners planned to draft an appeal to solve global conflicts peacefully, a laureate said Friday.

75.   Cook was expected to warn Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic that he must halt the escalating violence in Kosovo or suffer the consequences.

76.   Cook was expected to warn Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic to halt the escalating violence in Kosovo or suffer the consequences.

77.   Crude oil and refined products futures at the New York Mercantile Exchange rallied again Tuesday amid escalating violence in the Middle East.

78.   Countries neighboring Indonesia are monitoring escalating violence in East Timor and are talking together about an international response, New Zealand Prime Minister Jenny Shipley said Sunday.

79.   Derailed several times before, the proposed election could fall victim again to the escalating violence.

80.   Dozens are reported dead in more than a week of escalating violence.