31.   U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher called Arafat and asked he disarm the militants, Palestinian officials said.

32.   Under pressure to disarm Islamic militants after two suicide bombings that killed six Israelis, Palestinian police arrest scores of activists Monday.

33.   U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali has proposed sending an international force to disarm the militants, but the Security Council has yet to act on his recommendation.

34.   U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher telephoned the Palestinian leader and demanded he disarm the militants.

35.   U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher called Arafat and asked that he disarm the militants, Palestinian officials said.

36.   U.S. Secretary of State Warren Christopher called up the Palestinian leader and demanded he disarm the militants.

37.   In Amman, a HAMAS statement warned the authority against carrying out its pledge to disarm all militants in the Gaza Strip.

38.   A senior PLO official on Thursday rejected an Israeli call for the Palestinian self-rule authority to disarm Islamic militants, saying such a move could ignite a civil war.

39.   As he arrived, his Palestinian Authority announced that it would disarm hardline militants trying to wreck the peace process.

40.   Arafat said his troops would not only disarm the militants but said he was also determined to press on with the trials.