41.   Palestinian leadership welcomes Bush Mideast initiative, says Cabinet statement.

42.   Participants also decided to invite Muslim leaders from these regions to participate in Islamic conferences and meetings, the statement said.

43.   Pavle supported the idea of a transitional government being formed and called for peaceful transition of power, a church statement said.

44.   Practitioners have been tortured, held in psychiatric institutions and given anti-psychotic drugs while others have lost jobs or been refused permission to attend school, the statement said.

45.   Precision-guided weapons were used to strike an Iraqi command and control facility in southern Iraq, said a statement from U.S. Central Command.

46.   Precision-guided weapons were used to strike an Iraqi command-and-control facility in southern Iraq, said a statement from U.S. Central Command.

47.   Public accounting firm KPMG Hanadi Sudjendro and Partners also had its activities temporarily limited, not suspended, the statement said.

48.   Rebel groups also were to withdraw from two districts of the city on Wednesday, said a statement from the Russian command.

49.   A defense lawyer on Wednesday said statements of support from human rights and gay rights groups are not welcome.

50.   A gunbattle followed in which the three guerrillas belonging to the Pakistan-based Harkat-ul Mujahedeen group were killed, a police statement said.