111.  Afghans are suffering from both the tyranny of the ruling Taliban and the U.S.-led bombing attacks, President Mohammad Khatami said Sunday.

112.  After similar bombing attacks, the Cabinet has imposed lengthy closures, barring tens of thousands of Palestinians from their jobs in Israel.

113.  Although no group has claimed responsibility, regional Interior Ministry representative Jose Torres Hurtado said the bombing resembled earlier attacks by the Basque separatist group ETA.

114.  An anonymous caller attributed the attack to Yehiya Ayash, known as the Engineer, a wanted mastermind of previous bombing attacks.

115.  An Israeli court Tuesday convicted a German citizen of aiding a Lebanese militant group but dismissed allegations that he was plotting a suicide bombing attack.

116.  Among those taken back to jail was Yusef Souragji, suspected of having recruited assailants in bombing attacks on Israeli targets several years ago.

117.  ANSA said it did not appear there was any immediate link between the three men and the two bombing attacks in Africa this summer of U.S. embassies.

118.  An Israeli court convicted a German citizen Tuesday of aiding a Lebanese militant group, but dismissed allegations that he was plotting a suicide bombing attack.

119.  Arafat planned to speak out in person after the second suicide bombing attack in two days in Jerusalem.

120.  Arafat, he complained, had released some of the Palestinian extremists responsible for bombing attacks that froze the peace process.