111.   Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, who sends cash to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers, reiterated his support for the attacks, Iraqi media reported Tuesday.

112.   Israel dropped a demand that it retain overall control over security in the city, Israeli media reported Friday.

113.   Israeli and Syrian generals have met this week in Washington to map out a security annex to a potential peace accord, Israeli media reported Friday.

114.   Israel might declare Bethlehem a closed military area on Christmas Eve, preventing worshippers from arriving there, Israeli media reported Wednesday.

115.   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has chosen a former Mossad deputy chief with close ties to Jordan to head the troubled spy agency, Israeli media reported Wednesday.

116.   Japanese nuclear power officials demoted five managers Saturday for ordering a cover-up of an accident at a nuclear reprocessing plant last month, local media reported.

117.   Jiang called on Clinton to halt any U.S. and British military action against Iraq to lay the groundwork for a diplomatic solution, state media reported.

118.   Johann Muehlegg, Spanish winner of three Olympic gold medals in Salt Lake City, has tested positive for an illegal drug, Spanish media reported Sunday.

119.   Judges are investigating a Catholic church assistant and a priest on charges they sexually abused underage altar boys in a diocese south of Vienna, local media reported Thursday.

120.   Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said those responsible for the beating of his jailed former deputy Anwar Ibrahim will get the punishment they deserve, local media reported Monday.