81.   The world witnesses the historic handshake between PLO leader Yasser Arafat and Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin in Washington.

82.   They include Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, and former Israeli premiers Golda Meir and Menachem Begin.

83.   It was the first time an Israeli premier had been assassinated and by someone who was least suspected -- a fellow Jew.

84.   King Hussein was accompanied to the meeting with the Israeli premier by Saeb Erakat, the chief Palestinian negotiator in the Hebron talks.

85.   Libya and Iran, two other opponents of the Arab-Israeli peace process, welcomed the death of the Israeli premier.

86.   Mubarak said he was optimistic for the future of the peace process after meeting the Israeli premier.

87.   On Sunday the Israeli premier called a meeting of a parliamentary group to study ways of overcoming the crisis which could result in a cabinet reshuffle.

88.   On that occasion the event was one of the first times the two leaders had appeared together since the historic handshake between Arafat and late Israeli premier Yitzhak Rabin.

89.   On Tuesday he will travel to Qatar, for a ground-breaking visit, becoming the first Israeli premier to set foot in the Gulf Arab state.

90.   Peres was officially invited during the summit to visit Qatar, only the second Gulf Arab state to extend such an invitation to an Israeli premier.