51.  Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who is due to meet President Bush in Washington next week, blamed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat for the latest attack.

52.  Police officials said the latest attack had not given them any doubts about their case against Drake, who has pleaded innocent.

53.  Rubin appeared also to concede that a partial deal might be the best possible outcome of the Wye talks, in light of the latest terrorist attack.

54.  Still, the latest attack may well be cited by some hard-liners here as further reason for Iran to confront the militant Taliban movement that controls Afghanistan.

55.  That is one fact brought home by the latest terrorist attack.

56.  Thaci denies orchestrating the violence and pointed to his public statements condemning the latest attack and others.

57.  The Bahraini authorities blame Iran for the unrest there although Iran has denied it as it has denied involvement in this latest attack.

58.  The circumstances surrounding the latest American attacks also raise issues of international law, diplomats here and officials in foreign capitals say.

59.  The latest attack came only last week from Bob Dole as he accepted the Republican nomination as president.

60.  The latest attacks have been exclusively on Turkish targets.