11.   Mubarak said Saturday Arafat should be given a chance to carry out promised political and security reforms as well as quell anti-Israeli attacks.

12.   Palestinian chief Yasser Arafat was under mounting US pressure Friday to quell attacks on Israel as Washington struggled to rescue ceasefire talks snagged by a new suicide bombing.

13.   The government said it quelled the attack Wednesday by a group of armed foreigners posing as US special forces.

14.   The Islamic Taliban militia Monday claimed to have quelled opposition attacks in the east of the country, but admitted problems in the turbulent area were not over.