1.   Alatas said informal leaders meetings and other bilateral meetings would be held during the conference.

2.   Leaders have agreed to a cease-fire in the escalating Israel-Palestinian conflict, Israeli Cabinet minister Shimon Peres said Thursday after meeting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat.

3.   Top U.S. officials have been resisting meeting Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat until he does more to stop violence from his side.

4.   While all was reported to be harmonious in the leaders meetings, Cubans took to the streets by thousands to call on leaders to jointly denounce President Fidel Castro.

5.   During the gathering, a date and place is expected to be set for a leaders summit meeting in the first quarter of this year.

6.   The next matches in Group D see Tunisia take on bitter north-African rivals Egypt on Friday with pool leaders Senegal meeting the Zambians on Saturday.

7.   The ministers will discuss issues on the agenda for the Asean leaders Jakarta meeting, including the possible membership of Burma in ASEAN, the sources said.