Aug 22, 2000

CAIRO [MENL] -- For nearly a year, Egypt has been lobbying for an ArabLeague summit.

Aug 24, 2000

RAMALLAH [MENL] -- The Palestinian Authority has turned down U.S. proposalsthat the issue of Jerusalem be delayed.

Aug 27, 2000

RAMALLAH [MENL] -- Thousands of Palestinians and Jordanians demonstrated onboth sides of the Jordan River, pledging to defend Islam's holy places inJerusalem.

Sep 04, 2000

JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Israel and the Palestinian Authority have expressedskepticism that President Bill Clinton can break the deadlock between thetwo sides.