31.   Israel and Morocco recently announced the opening of similar liaison offices.

32.   Israel and the Gulf sultanate of Oman will shortly announce the opening of interest sections, the first step towards full diplomatic relations, officials said Sunday.

33.   Israel announced the opening of liaison offices with another Maghreb country, Morocco, last year.

34.   A wealthy Gulf businessman on Saturday announced the opening in January of a new bank in the West Bank town of Ramallah, the sixteenth in the Palestinian territories.

35.   Also in Sanaa, Electricity and Water Minister Yahya al-Abydh on Tuesday announced the opening of the power generation sector to private investment.

36.   Attacked by the opposition, the government blamed the lawyers, and state prosecutor Athanase Sioulas announced the opening of a judicial inquiry.

37.   Balapatabendi was denounced for announcing the opening of a safe passage to LTTE-held northern Jaffna peninsula last week without conceding LTTE demands.

38.   Dutch Defence Minister Joris Voorhoeve Tuesday announced the opening of a police inquiry into alleged misconduct by Dutch UN peacekeepers serving in the United Nations Protection Force in Bosnia.

39.   They also oppose foreign intervention and on Monday announced the opening of humanitarian corridors in the Bukavu region so that refugees from Rwanda and Burundi could return home.

40.   Morocco and Tunisia recently announced the opening, respectively, of a liaison office and an interest section in Tel Aviv.