51.   And the Israeli ministry of internal security will send representatives to Russia to learn from the Russian experience of dealing with illegal emigration.

52.   An Israeli delegation was already in Italy on Tuesday preparing the groundwork for the meetings, Israeli foreign ministry officials said.

53.   An Israeli foreign ministry official in Jerualem said at the time that Beilin was to secure an accord with Oman to open interest sections in Muscat and Tel Aviv.

54.   An Israeli foreign ministry official said Christopher and Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin will study a new formula for breaking the deadlock during talks in Jerusalem.

55.   An Israeli foreign ministry official said Tuesday in Jerusalem that Christopher would make a brief stopover in Cairo Saturday before arriving to Israel.

56.   An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman said talks on the issue would continue between senior officials on both sides.

57.   Although the Israeli interior ministry only permits religious marriages within Israel, under international law, it has to recognise civil weddings carried out abroad.

58.   Anti-narcotics officers were called in Monday when a Jerusalem municipal gardener discovered a marijuana plant growing in the shadow of the Israeli foreign ministry.

59.   An Israeli foreign ministry official earlier said Israel would stay firm on a partial pullout of its troops from the West Bank initially.

60.   An Israeli foreign ministry official said in Jerusalem that the two men may also meet next week in Taba, Egypt, but no date has been set.