1.   The most prominent Republican invited to address the summit is House Speaker Newt Gingrich, R-Ga.

2.   Palestinian officials then said that Arafat would address the summit by live satellite hookup from his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah.

3.   Pope John Paul II is scheduled to be the first to address the summit Wednesday before it is officially opened by Italian President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro.

4.   Annan and Organization of African Unity chairman Blaise Campaore of Burkina Faso are to address the summit Friday.

5.   Annan and Organization of African Unity chairman Blaise Campaore of Burkina Faso are to address the summit.

6.   Arafat initially was to address the summit itself by satellite, but summit organizers did not make time for him to speak.

7.   Arafat is expected to address the summit Wednesday via a satellite television link.

8.   Arafat had been expected to address the summit via a video hookup.

9.   Arafat is to address the summit by satellite from his West Bank headquarters in Ramallah, said Palestinian Cabinet Secretary Ahmed Abdel Rahman.

10.   Arafat remained in his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah on Wednesday, and was to address the summit by satellite television.