41.   Kanafani also said the Palestinian cabinet would meet Thursday in the West Bank city of Nablus to discuss the new Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem.

42.   President Yasser Arafat is to swear in a new Palestinian cabinet on Saturday that broadens the base of his self-rule government in advance of tough negotiations with Israel.

43.   Seder took the oath of office before the Palestinian cabinet during its weekly meeting on Friday.

44.   Ten ministers were ousted from the old Palestinian cabinet and five new faces were brought in.

45.   The accord was officially signed in a low-key ceremony in a Jerusalem hotel after being endorsed by the Israeli parliament and Palestinian cabinet.

46.   The executive committe of the PLO and the Palestinian cabinet on Saturday published a statement warning Israel that its policies were threatening the peace process.

47.   The Palestinian cabinet also decided to send Palestinian higher education minister Hanan Ashrawi to Washington Saturday to discuss a US initiative for saving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.

48.   The Palestinian cabinet chaired by Yasser Arafat late Tuesday called for a general strike Wednesday to protest an Israeli tunnel running alongside the Al-Aqsa mosque.

49.   The move prompted the Palestinian cabinet to call for a one-day general strike and demonstrations in protest.