11.   The Palestinians, however, have launched limited autonomy.

12.   The self-rule authority has already set up its own judicial committee to investigate the clashes, the bloodiest since autonomy was launched in Gaza and Jericho in May.

13.   The United States gave the Palestinian police a fleet of Chevrolet pickup trucks last May when autonomy was launched.

14.   The worst violence since autonomy was launched in May erupted outside a Gaza City mosque when worshippers stoned security forces deployed to prevent a planned HAMAS demonstration.

15.   Those issues were left unsettled to clear the way for launching autonomy in May, more than four months behind the original deadline set by the DOP.

16.   It would be the first revenge attack for the killing of collaborators since autonomy was launched in May.

17.   It would be the first such visit by a foreign head of government since autonomy was launched in May.

18.   Limited autonomy was launched in Gaza and the Jericho enclave in May.

19.   Limited Palestinian autonomy was launched in May when Israel withdrew its army from parts of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank town of Jericho.

20.   Nine thousand policemen, recruited from the Palestine Liberation Army based in Arab countries, were deployed in Gaza and Jericho in May when autonomy was launched.