11.   Most fatalities occured in the Koulikoro region close to the capital, Bamako, followed by the towns of Segou in the south and Mopti in the centre.

12.   Overnight Thursday, members of the Islamic oppposition operating from bases in Afghanistan, attacked a Tajik police post in the border region close to the town of Pamir.

13.   Security sources believe it is a PFLP commando unit operating out of the Halhul region close to Hebron in the south of the West Bank.

14.   The first avalanche was set off Sunday in the Haut-Adige region close to the border with Austria.