91.   Israel should join the international treaty if it wants to abolish weapons of mass destruction, the Egyptian president said, in an interview conducted in Cairo on Thursday.

92.   A source close to the Egyptian president said Friday that a meeting between Arafat, Netanyahu and Mubarak may take place in Cairo on Sunday.

93.   A US government informant accused Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman Tuesday of urging him to kill Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to prove that he was a loyal Moslem.

94.   After meeting the Egyptian president, Powell is due to hold talks in Madrid with European Union officials, UN chief Kofi Annan and Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov.

95.   An Islamic militant jailed for involvement in the assassination of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat is seeking a presidential pardon, his lawyer said on Wednesday.

96.   An open-air concert was staged in Cairo Thursday in support of the Egyptian president.

97.   But the Egyptian president also called for discreet negotiations to resolve the issue during an interview Thursday on Israeli public television.

98.   But the Egyptian president had yet to respond Sunday to the invitation, while Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and King Hussein of Jordan accepted.

99.   But the Egyptian president has since criticized Jordan for its October peace treaty with Israel, including its agreement to lease land to Jewish settlers.

100.   Christopher will hold talks with Mubarak and the Egyptian president will then meet Rabin on Friday morning before all three politicians meet later in the day.