11.   Israel says Arafat can only travel after the Palestinian Authority has arrested the killers of an Israeli Cabinet minister and those responsible for a seaborne weapons smuggling operation.

12.   President Fidel Ramos on Saturday condemned the killing of a radio reporter in the southern Philippines and ordered authorities to intensify efforts to arrest the killers.

13.   Ramos said he directed a task force composed of military, police and civilians to arrest the killers.

14.   Safety and Security Minister Sydney Mufamadi expressed shock at the massacre and said his department would do all in its power to arrest the killers.

15.   The Israeli incursions followed the assassination of the Cabinet minister, and Israel demanded that the Palestinians arrest the killers and hand them over to Israel.

16.   The killers were often arrested by French police.

17.   The report did not say if the killers were arrested.

18.   The troops were evacuated earlier in the year, but were sent back to Aru district to stop the killings and arrest suspected killers, he said.

19.   ULFA gave the government a deadline for arresting the killers, which expired Thursday.

20.   He was confident the killers would be arrested soon.