11.   Cheney said Sharon had assured him he believed the best way to ensure the security of Israeli citizens was to implement the Tenet plan.

12.   Wickremesinghe said he was looking for ways to ensure that any action by Sri Lanka would not affect the international ban on the LTTE.

13.   Senior British and French officials as well as EU Commission representatives met in Brussels Thursday to find ways to ensure normal freight traffic in the Channel tunnel.