41.   Thursday was the last full day of campaigning, and candidates were hampered by snowstorms in Jerusalem and the hilly areas of the West Bank.

42.   Weather men forecast that itwill remain partially cloudy with a chance of frost in hilly areas.

43.   In hilly areas roads have been cut off by landslides.

44.   Meanwhile, provincial authorities were authorised to put off the polling for three days in hilly areas of tropical forests threatened by flash floods.

45.   Molina said police and army units were pursuing the assailants in a hilly area not far from the scene of the massacre.

46.   Philippine troops clashed Friday with communist insurgents in a hilly area near the capital Manila, killing one rebel and capturing three others, the Army said.

47.   Police said paramilitary forces were combing the hilly area.

48.   The fighting spread Saturday to other Khmer Rouge defence lines in the hilly area a few kilometers from the Thai border, Thai border officials said.