41.   Israel and the PLO were set to resume marathon negotiations on Saturday at a hotel in the town of Zichron Yaakov, close to Haifa.

42.   Israeli, PLO and Egyptian leaders met here Wednesday to try to overcome obstacles to extending Palestinian self-rule as marathon negotiations floundered over water rights.

43.   Israel and the PLO were due late Saturday to begin marathon negotiations near the northern city of Haifa, in a hotel at Zichron Yaakov.

44.   A United States-based insurance company with an annual turnover of six billion dollars announced here Monday it had linked up with an Indian company after marathon negotiations.

45.   Agriculture and regional aid were the toughest items on the agenda, requiring marathon negotiations early this year.

46.   Arafat also walked out twice during the marathon negotiations last week in the Egyptian resort of Taba that led to the initialling of the West Bank accord on Sunday.

47.   The two sides are to launch marathon autonomy negotiations at an Italian army base outside Florence on Friday, Palestinian negotiator Hassan Abu Libdeh said.

48.   Union leaders have resumed marathon negotiations with their management.

49.   Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and PLO leader Yasser Arafat, veterans of the Middle East stage, forged the agreement on extending Palestinian self-rule in marathon negotiations.

50.   Japan and the United States have concluded marathon negotiations aimed at opening the Japanese flat glass market, the foreign ministry said Thursday.