1.   By then large areas of the country had fallen under Palestinian control.

2.   Already Israel has turned over the Gaza Strip and most of the major West Bank towns to Palestinian control.

3.   Almost daily incursions into areas under Palestinian control have kept Palestinians from controlling the radicals, Arafat has said.

4.   And if arrangements for the last year in Gaza and Jericho are a guide, it means that responsibility for archeological works will also come under Palestinian control.

5.   Arafat is demanding that Israel cede East Jerusalem, which contains some of the holiest sites in the Christian, Jewish and Islamic religions, to Palestinian control.

6.   Areas under surveillance include Chechnya, Lebanon, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, the Philippines and areas under Palestinian control.

7.   Area A is fully under Palestinian control, and Area B is under joint control.

8.   Area B applies to land under Palestinian political control and joint Israeli-Palestinian security control.

9.   At anti-government rallies in recent months, protesters labeled Rabin a traitor for agreeing to hand over parts of the West Bank to Palestinian control.

10.   Bethlehem is preparing for its first Christmas under Palestinian control, reports say.