101.   Two Russian tanks reached the square in front of the palace on Saturday evening, AFP correspondents reported but were knocked out by Chechen fighters.

102.   Voters largely ignored parliamentary polls in Niger on Saturday amid widespread apathy and opposition calls to boycott the elections, an AFP correspondent reported.

103.   Israeli helicopters were patrolling the region, an AFP correspondent reported.

104.   Israeli soldiers shot and wounded two Palestinians on the West Bank on Tuesday amid high tension for the first anniversary of the Hebron mosque massacre, correspondents reported.

105.   Israeli warplanes flew at low altitude late Monday over most of south Lebanon, an AFP correspondent reported.

106.   Jewish settlers on Saturday clashed with Arabs in the Israeli-occupied West Bank town of Hebron where the mosque massacre took place earlier this year, correspondents reported.

107.   Jordan and the Palestinian self-rule authority signed a series of cooperation accords here on Thursday, an AFP correspondent reported.

108.   Lagos roads were virtually completely deserted Tuesday by commercial vehicles, an AFP correspondent reported.

109.   Late Friday, correspondents reported a security clampdown in the Angolan capital, with police and troops deployed en masse and drivers questioned at checkpoints.

110.   Later Saturday the situation near the bridge was calm, however, an AFP correspondent reported.