31.   The Bush administration may now use the prospect of a meeting with Cheney to encourage Arafat to talk peace at the Arab summit meeting.

32.   The Egyptian leader has already talked of convening an Arab summit.

33.   The Palestinian Authority condemned the attack, saying it was intended to undermine the Zinni mission and the Arab summit meeting.

34.   The next significant date is the Arab summit in Beirut at the end of March.

35.   The Palestinian Authority Saturday called for both an Arab summit and an international conference to save the peace process.

36.   The Palestinian leadership reaffirmed a call for an Arab summit to discuss the state of the peace process, the paper said.

37.   The Saudi foreign minister refuses to divulge their plans, but diplomats say they are preparing an Arab summit.

38.   The star among the newcomers was Bashar Assad of Syria, addressing the Arab summit meeting for the first time since his father died in June.

39.   There have been reports that Syria has been seeking to take the initiative by calling an Arab summit in Damascus that might include Iraq.

40.   Palestinian factions in Lebanon have urged the Arab League to convene an emergency Arab summit to protect people in the Palestinian territories.