81.   After holding separate meetings with Peres and Arafat, Fischer gave his backing to the peace plan drafted by Peres and Palestinian parliament speaker Ahmed Qorei.

82.   And Foreign Minister Shimon Peres had a new secret meeting late Sunday with Palestinian parliament speaker Ahmed Qorei to discuss their joint peace plan.

83.   Arafat was also due to meet Joschka Fischer later Thursday after the German foreign minister held talks with Palestinian parliament speaker Ahmed Qorei.

84.   Before being elected to the Palestinian parliament, Qorei also headed several missions on development in the occupied territories.

85.   Clinton was cautious about a proposed summit on Middle East terrorism, which Arafat made Wednesday at the opening session of the new autonomous Palestinian parliament.

86.   The two, Ahmad Saadat and Mahmud Fannun, also members of the Palestinian parliament, have launched a hunger strike to protest at their detention, Taher said.

87.   Two days later, the Palestinian parliament called for whittling down the cabinet posts.

88.   Palestinian international cooperation minister Nabil Shaath Thursday welcomed progress made in talks between Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Palestinian parliament speaker Ahmed Qorei.

89.   Peres is due to discuss details of the peace plan he has developed with Palestinian parliament speaker Ahmed Qorei.

90.   Peres was speaking after a two-hour meeting with Ahmed Qorei, speaker of the Palestinian parliament and one of the men Sharon reportedly met.