21.   Israel and the PLO agreed in autonomy negotiations here Tuesday on international observers for elections to a Palestinian self-rule council.

22.   Israel and the PLO have re-energized autonomy negotiations after setting a new target date, US Secretary of State Warren Christopher said here Friday.

23.   Israel and the PLO will launch open-ended autonomy negotiations at an Italian army base outside Florence on Friday, a Palestinian negotiator told AFP.

24.   Israel would bury its dead and then forge ahead with autonomy negotiations, Rabin pledged.

25.   Israeli and PLO negotiators suspended their autonomy negotiations on Monday while the five Israelis killed in a suicide bombing are buried, participants said.

26.   Israeli Environment Minister Yossi Sarid, a key figure in the autonomy negotiations, is to meet PLO leader Yasser Arafat in the self-ruled Gaza Strip on Thursday.

27.   A top official of the Palestinian Authority on Friday called for a halt to autonomy negotiations with Israel.

28.   A pragmatist, he believes in holding autonomy negotiations with the Iraqi government -- to the anger of his main rival Jalal Talabani.

29.   Autonomy negotiations continued in Cairo on Wednesday although Rabin had suspended them for a week when HAMAS announced the kidnapping of a Jewish soldier.

30.   At the same time new, land grabs by settlers across the West Bank have cast a dark shadow over autonomy negotiations and sparked daily Palestinian protests.