41.   Gemade, an engineer and former works and housing minister, left office as chairman of the party last year after relations between him and Obasanjo dipped.

42.   He was accompanied by housing minister Abbas Ahmed Akhundi and mines and metals minister Hossein Mahlujchi and a large number of members of parliament.

43.   He later served as housing minister, carrying out an intense Jewish settlement drive which helped sour relations between the Likud government and the United States.

44.   He was appointed housing minister in the last Likud government headed by Yitzhak Shamir, supervising its policy of expanding settlements in the Palestinian territories.

45.   Arafat only took two high-ranking officials with him -- Zakaria Al-Agha, housing minister, a Gazan, and his advisor and spokesman Maruwan Kanafani.

46.   Aydin resigned as housing minister in September, saying he wanted to help the investigation and denying all allegations against him.

47.   But Netanyahu failed to overcome the opposition of the United Torah Judaism party, an ultra-orthodox ally of the prime minister which has the post of deputy housing minister.

48.   But the newspaper said some government officials, including the ultra-Orthodox deputy housing minister, Meir Porush, were aware of and supported the campaign.

49.   The party will have a deputy housing minister while Netanyahu will officially be the full minister, the radio said.

50.   On behalf of Palestinian President Yasser Arafat, Hamad extended an invitation to the Arab housing ministers to visit the self-rule areas.