51.   The Palestinian leader also raised the issue of Jerusalem in talks at the Vatican, said Holy See spokesman Joaquin Navarro.

52.   Local Moslem leaders have also raised concern about the effect of the offensive on the peace process.

53.   Officials said the leaders could raise political issues in their inaugural speeches, though ECO was basically an economic forum.

54.   Opposition leaders have also raised concerns that traffickers are transporting the oil in contaminated barrels.

55.   The Egyptian President said Sudanese leaders raised the Halaib question every time Cairo warned them against supporting terrorists.

56.   The Israeli leader will raise the issue in meetings Monday with both Clinton and John Deutch, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, it said.