31.   An eighth person was jailed for one year during the sentences handed down on Monday.

32.   Facilities in Gaza City were scheduled to be handed over on Sunday, PLO officials said, and the transfer of authority to be completed by Wednesday.

33.   Facilities in Gaza City were scheduled to be handed over on Sunday.

34.   Facilities in Gaza City were to be handed over on Sunday, PLO officials said, and transfer of authority on the Strip completed by Wednesday.

35.   The sentences were handed down on Saturday by a military court in this southern town, not far from Matana and Kizuka -- the places where the killings occurred.

36.   Three other militants arrested by French authorities in the southern city of Bayonne and handed over on Saturday were due to appear in court here later.

37.   It had also rejected the first UNC note handed over on the Monday after the incident.

38.   On Tuesday Oddsson handed in the resignation of his right-left coalition comprising the Independence Party and the social-democratic Popular Party.

39.   Rwandan Red Cross volunteers cordoned off a patch of land, their hands linked to keep people off the site where food was to be handed out on Wednesday.

40.   The large and raucous crowd was a change from the muted celebrations which have taken place in the city since it was handed over on Friday.