91.   It has suggested international mediation, but Russia has refused to negotiate ownership of the disputed land.

92.   Last April, the government of former Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh passed Cabinet resolutions allowing encroachers to remain on disputed land until ownership rights could be resolved.

93.   Makhowne, his wife and six children live in a small shack on the disputed land.

94.   Meanwhile, Palestinian officials condemned Israeli plans to expand in tenfold a Jewish settlement on disputed West Bank land.

95.   Meanwhile, tensions rose over Israeli construction plans on disputed land.

96.   Meanwhile, Palestinian officials condemned Israeli plans for a tenfold expansion of a Jewish settlement on disputed West Bank land.

97.   Netanyahu has threatened to annex disputed land if Arafat goes ahead with the declaration.

98.   Netanyahu has warned such a move will provoke Israeli retaliation and possibly an annexation of disputed lands.

99.   Netanyahu refused to say what steps might be taken, but the most likely option would be annexation of disputed West Bank land to Israel.

100.   Palestinians say Israeli settlements in the West Bank are illegal because they pre-empt the outcome of negotiations on the final status of the disputed lands.