1.   European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana also held talks with Sharon, a day after seeing Arafat and voicing outrage at living conditions in the besieged compound.

2.   Israeli forces fired at Palestinian gunmen walking from the besieged compound into Manger Square, killing one and wounding at least two.

3.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat emerged from his West Bank headquarters Thursday, just hours after Israeli troops withdrew from the besieged compound.

4.   A gun battle erupted at the Church of the Nativity on Thursday, just hours after fire engulfed parts of the besieged compound during another fierce firefight.

5.   Abdel Rahman said Palestinian Authority officials outside the besieged compound had lost all contact with Arafat since Friday night.

6.   A triumphant Yasser Arafat emerged from his West Bank headquarters Thursday, just hours after Israeli troops withdrew from the besieged compound and released the Palestinian leader from confinement.

7.   An Armenian monk was shot and seriously wounded in the besieged church compound Wednesday.

8.   Arafat, the Palestinian leader, has been penned inside his besieged compound in Ramallah.

9.   Arab leaders held telephone conversations with Arafat from a windowless room inside his besieged West Bank compound.

10.   As more explosions resounded from the besieged compound, hostages began appearing on the roof.