1.   CARE has intensified operations in Macedonia and expects to establish a presence in Albania soon.

2.   There is no clear reason why Israelis would have tried to assassinate Mashaal, though Israel has intensified operations against Hamas since two suicide bombings in July and September.

3.   Deputy Defense Minister Anuruddha Ratwatte said in Parliament that government forces will intensify military operations against Tamil rebels in northern Sri Lanka.

4.   Deputy Defense Minister Anuruddha Ratwatte said in Parliament that government forces will intensify military operations against the rebels in northern Sri Lanka.

5.   Government troops clashed with separatist rebels, killing four people, in the Indonesian province of Aceh, where security forces have intensified operations, police said Wednesday.

6.   Israel pledges to intensify military operations.

7.   Muhammad Jacob told reporters that Indonesian President Suharto had directed his authorities to intensify operations to prevent illegal entry of its nationals into Malaysia.

8.   Soeharto ordered Ginandjar last week to intensify relief operations to drought-hit regencies in Irian Jaya.

9.   The army has sealed off the area and operations have been intensified to hunt down the rebels.

10.   The army intensified its operations, sending in warplanes to bomb rebel hideouts, following the downing of a military helicopter by the rebels Friday, NTV said.