1.   Netanyahu condemned the crime and phoned Arafat to convey his regrets.

2.   Defense Agency Director-General Hideo Usui told parliament that he had conveyed his regrets to his US Defence Secretary William Perry.

3.   Defense Agency Director-General Hideo Usui told parliament that he had conveyed his regrets to US Defence Secretary William Perry.

4.   U Phone Myiint said he would convey the regret and the demand to his government, the spokesman said.

5.   Waheed thanked him for his visit and appreciated the gesture of travelling all the way to Pakistan to personally convey his regrets, the statement added.