61.   The village in the northern province of Leon was celebrating the religious festival of Corpus Christi when the shooting began at around midday.

62.   Peres added the Palestinian autonomy elections would be held before the Moslem holy month of Ramadan, which begins around the third week of January.

63.   The committee, whose membership has already been announced, is to begin work around the end of this month, Xinhua announced Friday.