1.   Manson, who took his stage name from Marilyn Monroe and mass killer Charles Manson, said he blames the tragedy on ignorance, hatred and access to guns.

2.   People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is trying to blame the tragedy in Jonesboro, Ark., on teaching children how to hunt.

3.   The tragedy was blamed on the failure of a Challenger rocket booster, which ruptured the tank.

4.   Other papers carried analytical pieces blaming the tragedy on widespread gun ownership in the United States.

5.   Cifuentes blamed the tragedy on the lack of government forces in the region.

6.   Edorah Agbah, a state petroleum company spokesman, blamed the tragedy on villagers who, he said, cut open the pipe.

7.   It also blamed the tragedies on a lack of lifeguards.

8.   Unicef blames the tragedy of childhood malnutrition in part to the discrimination and disemporwement that is often the lot of women, especially in the developing countries.

9.   City officials blamed the tragedy on an oversight by the road contractors.

10.   Local press reports blamed the tragedy on shoddy construction works, combined with increased traffic.