1.   Burma has postponed repatriation of its refugees from Bangladesh following a reported new round of repression that has driven some returnees from their homes.

2.   China evacuated a small number of people from one of its islands in the Taiwan Strait, perhaps as a prelude to a promised new round of military exercises.

3.   The CGT is now preparing to influence, rather than blindly fight, an expected new round of labor reform negotiations.

4.   Then follows a new round or game.

5.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat left Dhaka Wednesday for Rabat, cutting short his three-day trip to take part in a new round of Middle East peace talks.