Oct 03, 2000

JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Israel and the Palestinian Authority have agreed to aceasefire as Israeli troops continued to be under fire in the West Bank.

Oct 10, 2000

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Western diplomats are expressing optimism of a breakthoughin United Nations efforts to solve the Cyprus dispute.

Oct 18, 2000

CAIRO [MENL] -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who closed aU.S.-sponsored peace meeting between Israeli and Palestinian leaders, hasnow turned his attention to an Arab League summit scheduled for the weekend.

Oct 23, 2000

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Opposition fighters have again attacked the Iraniancapital.