21.   Kanafani said progress has been made in the negotiations in this Red Sea resort but not enough to sign an agreement expanding Palestinian autonomy throughout the West Bank.

22.   Last week, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said there were secret talks over the past three weeks between Israelis and Palestinians expanding autonomy.

23.   Nablus is one of four West Bank towns slated for transfer to Palestinian control as part of an emerging deal on expanding the autonomy in the West Bank.

24.   Noting the latest Israeli-PLO deal to expand Palestinian autonomy, Sacirbey said he was less confident about the Bosnian peace talks.

25.   Such a pullout is part of a plan to expand the autonomy given to the PLO in the Gaza Strip last May.

26.   Such attacks have repeatedly jeopardized progress in Israel-PLO talks to expand Palestinian autonomy throughout the West Bank.

27.   The closure came as it became clear Israel and the PLO would not make a Thursday deadline for signing an agreement to expand autonomy in the West Bank.

28.   The confrontation came at a time of escalating tensions between Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Jewish settlers over government plans to expand Palestinian autonomy in the West Bank.

29.   The consumer electronics maker reorganized itself into eight companies last year to expand autonomy and encourage entrepreneurship.

30.   The crisis in Israeli-Palestinian relations deepened Thursday after their leaders failed to agree on how to expand Palestinian autonomy without endangering Israeli security.