81.   President Jacques Chirac and President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt launched the idea Monday evening, hours after the Egyptian leader arrived for a three-day state visit.

82.   Repeated calls were made to Egyptian leaders.

83.   The Egyptian leader also has talks planned with Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Colin Powell and national security adviser Condoleezza Rice.

84.   The Egyptian leader did not speak to reporters, but he has recently expressed doubts Israel would implement the American-mediated Wye accord.

85.   The Egyptian leader said he has also urged Libya to allow international inspectors to visit Tarhunah.

86.   The Egyptian leader was asked whether he was working toward reconciling the Gulf states with Iraq, which remains isolated after its ill-fated invasion of Kuwait.

87.   The Egyptian leader said he had sent an appeal to Saddam via the Iraqi representative to the Arab League, Nabil Najim.

88.   The Egyptian leader schedules a series of meetings with members of Congress Wednesday.

89.   The Egyptian leader was the only one to refuse the invitation for the session, which opens Tuesday.

90.   The Egyptian leader went to Cairo Airport to greet Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir.