81.   However, leader of the UN delegation Atsu Koffi Amega would neither confirm nor deny that these visits would take place.

82.   Israel army radio said the visit would probably take place Thursday.

83.   A spokesman for Ikeda said he hoped the visit would take place early in October.

84.   According to the Italian news agency ANSA, the visit will probably take place during the first week of May.

85.   An Arafat spokesman said earlier the visit would take place on Wednesday.

86.   An Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said no date had been set but that the visit should take place in early September.

87.   At a rare news briefing, embassy spokesman Yu Shuning said the visit would take place in December though the exact dates had not yet been formalized.

88.   Bonn has denied such a visit would take place.

89.   But he did not say on which day, while officials, who asked not to be named, said the visit would take place on Sunday.

90.   But the reports did not say when the visit took place.