81.   Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat condemned the Israeli incursions which began Thursday, and called for the United States and Europe to press Israel to halt the operations.

82.   On Thursday, the Health Ministry ordered all hospitals and clinics in northern Albania to halt regular operations and prepare for a possible influx of refugees from Kosovo.

83.   PepsiCo is the most well-known company to halt its operations in Burma.

84.   Rescue operations were halted late Sunday because of darkness.

85.   Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin said an agreement had been reached to halt combat operations in Chechnya in exchange for the release of the hostages.

86.   Recovery operations were halted Monday to let experts determine whether there was a danger of collapsing ceilings.

87.   Russia also seemed unlikely to halt all operations, and Tikhomirov said Russian troops reserved the right to open fire if attacked by rebel forces.

88.   Russian military officials said they halted combat operations in Chechnya just after midnight Monday as ordered by President Boris Yeltsin, but rebels showed no sign of wanting peace.

89.   Since the hangings, the groups have demanded an international oil embargo against Nigeria and have urged Shell to halt operations in the country.

90.   Sharon has rejected Palestinian requests to halt these operations, saying the Palestinians must first root out terrorism.