81.   French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette was also to visit Israel on Monday as part of a regional tour aimed at securing a ceasefire.

82.   French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette arrived in the Egyptian capital Sunday for talks with President Hosni Mubarak, at the start of his first regional tour.

83.   Godet also met with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher as part of his regional tour, the state news agency MENA said.

84.   Gore hailed the resumption of ambassador-level talks between Israel and Syria in Washington following a regional tour last week by US Secretary of State Warren Christopher.

85.   He is also to travel to Morocco as part of his regional tour, Al-Ahram said.

86.   He later left Jordan for Syria and Lebanon, the last two legs on his regional tour aimed at reinforcing Spanish and European Union support for the peace process.

87.   He is on a five-day regional tour which has already taken him to Lebanon and Syria and which will include Jordan and Morocco.

88.   He was speaking as a regional tour by the US defense chief apparently failed to drum up much support for military action to contain Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

89.   His visit is part of a regional tour which will also take him to Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal.

90.   His visit will be the second stop in a regional tour that took him to Moscow on Monday.