41.   Are the Russians, who are also meeting with Palestinian leaders, trying to insinuate themselves into Middle East negotiations?

42.   Arriving for a one-day visit, Vice President Dick Cheney called on Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat to rein in militants.

43.   Arafat made no comment, but other Palestinian leaders said they had a chance to put forward their own views.

44.   Arafat, the Palestinian leader, cut short a visit to the United Arab Emirates, returned to Gaza Tuesday night and began meetings aimed at defusing the crisis.

45.   Arafat, the Palestinian leader, left on Wednesday for Washington, stopping in Cairo for talks with President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt.

46.   As has become routine after such attacks, Israeli officials quickly blamed Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who is under increasing pressure to stop the bombings.

47.   As for Khatami, he visited Syria recently, where he met with Palestinian radical leaders opposed to the Mideast peace process.

48.   As in past suicide bombings, Israeli officials blamed Arafat, though the Palestinian leader has little control over Hamas.

49.   As the camera pans back, the hand leads to an actor in the famous head scarf and fatigues of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

50.   As the fighting widened, Foreign Minister Shimon Peres said that efforts were again being made to arrange truce talks between him and the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.