21.   China moved the event from the seat of the national legislature to an obscure government compound and sent only low-level officials to attend.

22.   Following the explosion, a group of Christians forced their way into a government compound, setting fire to a building, he said.

23.   For the second straight day Wednesday heavy machine-gun fire pounded the fortress-like government compound from which Palestinian police and gunmen wanted by Israel returned fire.

24.   For the second straight day Wednesday, heavy machine-gun fire pounded the fortress-like government compound from which Palestinian police and gunmen wanted by Israel returned fire.

25.   Hebron was the latest Israeli target, where forces surrounded a hilltop government compound early Tuesday, killing four Palestinian policemen in exchanges of gunfire.

26.   In an ongoing series of reprisal raids, Israel warplanes and helicopters bombed six Palestinian government compounds and security complexes.

27.   In ongoing reprisal raids, Israeli warplanes and helicopters bombed seven separate Palestinian government compounds and security complexes in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

28.   In ongoing reprisal raids, Israel bombs three Palestinian government compounds, including a missile attack near Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

29.   Israel has been trying to isolate Arafat, confining him to a three-floor building in the sprawling government compound in Ramallah.

30.   Israeli troops began leaving the battle-scarred Palestinian government compound just as the six Palestinians arrived at the Jericho jail in a motorcade.