31.   Israel also suspended autonomy talks with the PLO.

32.   Israel and the Palestinians agreed a July deadline for autonomy talks on Thursday in a breakthrough after months of stagnation.

33.   Israel suspended autonomy talks with the Palestinians after the kidnapping and sealed off the Gaza Strip, preventing thousands of Palestinians from going to work in Israel.

34.   Israel state radio said the detentions followed reports that HAMAS was preparing attacks to try to scupper progress in autonomy talks.

35.   After Palestinian threats to suspend autonomy talks, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin set up a ministerial committee on Sunday to approve new building on the West Bank.

36.   An East European diplomat in Baghad said Barzani would probably wait to consolidate his victory over Talabani before starting autonomy talks with the Iraqi government.

37.   At a stormy debate the PLO agreed to press on with autonomy talks with Israel despite bitter accusations over delays in implementing Palestinian self-rule.

38.   Autonomy talks were postponed indefinitely last week following disagreements over a planned army redeployment on the West Bank ahead of elections.

39.   But the bombing came as a major setback for autonomy talks and there is now no date for Israel and th PLO to return to the negotiating table.

40.   But the bombing was a major set back for autonomy talks with the PLO and there is now no date for a return to the negotiating table.