1.   Arafat said negotiations last week at the Egyptian resort of Taba, which ended without agreement, nonetheless made progress.

2.   After three days and nights of talks at the Egyptian resort of Taba, the immediate future of Hebron remains one of the stickiest sticking point.

3.   Following a wave of violence, Israelis and Palestinians agreed to a truce this week in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El Sheik.

4.   In Washington, Clinton was said to be ready to leave on Sunday for the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh for a meeting there on Monday.

5.   Israel and the Palestinians are set to begin intensive, high-level peace negotiations on Sunday evening in the Egyptian resort town of Taba, both sides announced Saturday night.

6.   Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy says the two sides will likely sign an agreement Saturday night in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.

7.   Other analysts predicted that the summit at the Egyptian resort of Sharm-el-Sheik will amount to preaching to the converted.

8.   That message will be delivered again Sunday when a larger group of Arab leaders is expected to meet with Arafat at the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

9.   The choice of Taba, an Egyptian resort on the Red Sea adjoining Israel, was already a compromise, and the format of the talks reportedly remained unsettled.

10.   Palestinian spokesman Marwan Kanafani and Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres reported progress in a round of talks at the Egyptian resort of Taba that ended at dawn Tuesday.