1.   SUSPECTED Muslim extremists shot dead a plainclothes policeman as he left his home near Assiut in southern Egypt, police said.

2.   Arafat reportedly called a state of emergency in the territories after the bombing and began arresting suspected extremists.

3.   In an operation that lasted several hours, they arrested eight suspected extremists and withdrew.

4.   It has also arrested thousands of suspected extremists, executing many of them after military trials.

5.   Risking his credibility in the territories, Arafat has rounded up hundreds of suspected Palestinian extremists and opposition figures.

6.   Police have been largely successful in isolating the insurgency to southern provinces, detaining thousands of suspected extremists and putting hundreds on trial.

7.   Police killed five suspected Muslim extremists in a raid Thursday on a hideout of fugitives blamed for several attacks the past week in troubled southern Egypt.

8.   Police killed four suspected Muslim extremists hiding in a house in southern Egypt on Saturday.

9.   Police shot to death four suspected Muslim extremists Thursday and wounded a fifth.

10.   Police sources said that suspected extremists also shot at another train in south Egypt on Monday night.