21.   The two airlines began their first code-sharing sharing in September between Osaka and Paris following the opening of the new Kansai Internationl Airport.

22.   They began again last week after a lull of several months following the opening of a road linking Jewish settlements in the Jerusalem area.

23.   Jordan is hoping for a tourism boost following the opening Monday of the crossing point between the Red Sea resorts of Eilat in Israel and Aqaba.

24.   Press reports are already highlighting the dangers of a glut following the opening of the rice market to foreign imports.

25.   Peres was speaking as he returned from the Jordanian town of Aqaba where he met King Hussein, following the opening of the first crossing between Israel and Jordan.