71.   Contradictory reports concerning Palestinian funding have come out of the autonomous territories.

72.   Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to lift the crippling closure of the autonomous Palestinian territories, he told journalists Friday.

73.   The Palestinian leader is also to meet with Development Minister Vasso Papandreou to discuss Greek economic aid to the autonomous territories.

74.   The results for the four representatives from the autonomous territories of Greenland and the Faroe Islands will not be known before Thursday.

75.   The three ministers were to head for Israel later on Wednesday, ahead of visits to the Palestinian autonomous territory of the Gaza Strip and then Lebanon on Friday.

76.   The troops were aboard a jeep inside the autonomous territory when they were fired on by the gunmen, who then fled.

77.   The radio said the meeting would take place in the autonomous Palestinian territories, most probably in Gaza.

78.   The statements came after Israeli tanks mounted an incursion into Palestinian autonomous territory near Bethlehem overnight.

79.   The troops were aboard a jeep inside the autonomous territory when they were fired on by the gunmen, who then fled, Israeli military sources said.

80.   The trip would mark his first visit to Syria, Israel and the autonomous Palestinian territories since becoming president in May of last year.