1.   Arafat on Wednesday expressed confidence that the Palestinian Authority could administer these areas in the West Bank and Gaza.

2.   Ethiopia can also administer areas it once held while the borders are drawn up.

3.   It is so popular that visitation is strictly controlled by the Bureau of Land Management, which administers the area.

4.   Nor, for that matter, can Israel trust Arafat anymore to administer these areas properly.

5.   The Interior Ministry colonel who administers the area and who gave his name only as Alexander, said tens of thousands of people used to live here.

6.   The settlement calls for the creation of a Northern Ireland assembly and cross-border authorities that will administer areas of mutual interest, such as agriculture and education.

7.   The two sides have signaled that they might allow this, but they cannot agree on who would administer the area while the border decision was being made.

8.   After the government takeover, the military administered the area.

9.   Arafat heads the Palestinian Authority, which administers areas formerly occupied by Israel put under Palestinian control as part of the peace accords.

10.   CAIRO, Egypt -- Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization make headway toward agreement on elections for a council to administer autonomous areas, a Palestinian negotiator says.