21.   But the mood was still sombre and tempers were short as the cabinet met.

22.   Cabinet met twice without her and she also kept a commericial flight waiting.

23.   Earlier, the radio reported that the Israeli cabinet will meet Sunday to discuss what to do about Arafat.

24.   The Papua New Guinea cabinet also met Wednesday but made no decisions, reports said.

25.   The Swedish cabinet met Tuesday in a special session to discuss a minor reshuffle in which the defence minister would be replaced, news reports said.

26.   The security cabinet met after a Katyusha rocket landed in northern Israel early Wednesday, causing no casualties.

27.   Kaunda told reporters at a press briefing that the cabinet met earlier this week and resolved that the party should be banned.

28.   Kanafani also said the Palestinian cabinet would meet Thursday in the West Bank city of Nablus to discuss the new Jewish settlement in east Jerusalem.

29.   Labor Minister Tiziano Treu said the cabinet would probably meet Wednesday night to approve the corrective mini-budget, whose full details are not yet known.

30.   Normally, the cabinet meets for just a couple of hours every Tuesday.