21.   Hours after the fighting broke out Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and most of his cabinet flew into the zone on an unprecedented visit.

22.   Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin made an unprecedented visit to Oman last December, meeting with Sultan Qaboos.

23.   Irish Prime Minister John Bruton Friday hailed his unprecedented visit to Protestant and Catholic districts of Londonderry as a major step forward in the Northern Ireland peace process.

24.   Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin made an unprecedented visit to Oman in December to discuss the opening of an interests office in the Gulf state.

25.   Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin paid an unprecedented visit to Oman in late December.

26.   Austrian President Thomas Klestil visited Bethlehem Monday and held talks with Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres on the second day of an unprecedented visit to the Jewish state.

27.   China has been angered by the unprecedented visit which began on Saturday, launching a verbal onslaught.

28.   Defense Secretary William Perry goes to Mexico City next week for an unprecedented visit that promises to be higher on symbolism than on substance.

29.   The World Cup co-hosting by the two countries will also entail tricky protocol and security issues, including having the Japanese emperor make an unprecedented visit to Seoul.

30.   The Yemeni opposition on Tuesday condemned plans for an unprecedented visit by Israeli singer Ofra Haza, saying it was a first step toward ties with the Jewish state.