71.   Observers worry that some politicians will attempt to provoke similar violence this year.

72.   Osmani rejected blame Wednesday and accused the authorities of provoking the violence.

73.   Palestinians say Israel bears full blame for provoking violence by breaking ground on a new Jewish neighborhood in Arab east Jerusalem, which Palestinians want as a future capital.

74.   Opposition activist Cesar Espinosa said police provoked the violence in Chicomuselo.

75.   Opposition leaders contend their protest rally was infiltrated by National Intelligence Service agents who provoked the violence.

76.   President Robert Mugabe on Monday accused opposition agitators of provoking the violence.

77.   Reflecting the nearly even split of those for and against independence, some warned that the accord could provoke violence, while others reacted with delight.

78.   Protesters accused the authorities of provoking the violence.

79.   Sansores claimed the men were infiltrators attempting to provoke violence.

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