21.   The EU foreign ministers sent Javier Solana, their foreign policy chief, on a new Mideast mission to meet with Arafat at his besieged compound in Ramallah.

22.   U.S. envoy meets with Yasser Arafat in besieged West Bank compound, a Palestinian official says.

23.   About half an hour before Hashimoto landed in Brunei, witnesses in Lima heard three gunshots near the besieged Japanese compound in the Previan capital.

24.   An AFP correspondent reported three strong explosions and heavy machinegun fire late Monday near the besieged compound.

25.   But it allowed US Undersecretary of State for the Middle East William Burns to meet Arafat at his besieged compound on Monday.

26.   EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Middle East envoy Miguel Angel Moratinos held two hours of talks with Arafat in his besieged Ramallah compound.

27.   EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Middle East envoy Miguel Angel Moratinos met with Arafat at his besieged Ramallah compound, Palestinian sources said.