31.   Norwegian foreign ministry state secretary Jan Egeland will lead a delegation to Tibet in a fortnight.

32.   Palestinian President Yasser Arafat will visit Norway at the end of October to discuss the stalled Middle East peace process, a Norwegian foreign ministry spokesman said Wednesday.

33.   Representatives for Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian authorities signed an agreement in Oslo on Tuesday on water resources in the Middle East, the Norwegian foreign ministry announced.

34.   Representatives of Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian authorities signed an agreement in Oslo on water resources in the Middle East, the Norwegian foreign ministry announced Tuesday.

35.   Roed Larsen is currently adviser on the Middle East at the Norwegian foreign ministry.

36.   Several sources told the Norwegian foreign ministry that Nichols died in his cell, a fact which was later concealed by the military authorities, Egeland said.

37.   The Iranian embassy in Norway last year told the Norwegian foreign ministry the fatwa would not affect Norwegians living in Norway.

38.   The Norwegian foreign ministry has said it is following the case, but is awaiting a response from Moscow before involving itself.

39.   The Norwegian foreign ministry may call off a visit to Israel by the chief of naval operations, Rear Admiral Hans K. Svensholt, a daily newspaper said Wednesday.

40.   The missing money was part of an aid package from the Norwegian foreign ministry to farmers in Gaza and Jericho.