1.   An Israeli army spokeswoman was quoted as saying that the vehicles had entered a village near Jenin after coming under fire from gunmen.

2.   A Cathay management spokeswoman was quoted by the South China Morning Post as denying that the posting was a safety threat.

3.   CTK quoted police spokeswoman Helena Malotinska as saying that three men were arrested and eight guns seized in the bar following the shooting.

4.   CTK quoted police spokeswoman Dagmar Bartonikova as saying the woman, who was sleeping in the tent with her husband, died immediately from serious head and chest injuries.

5.   CTK quoted police spokeswoman Vladimira Konecna as saying that Forastefano is being held in custody and will be extradited to Italy.

6.   The agency quoted police spokeswoman Sona Jindrakova as saying that justice officials had mailed Svoboda a letter last week informing him of the charges.

7.   The agency quoted police spokeswoman Dagmar Bartonikova as saying that driver of the van escaped when police stopped the car and was not yet detained.

8.   The agency quoted police spokeswoman Lucie Krastenicova as saying that the immigrants did not ask for political asylum and would be returned to Slovakia.

9.   The flyers submitted four different flight paths, but were told they were wrong for technical reasons, the paper quoted spokeswoman Sarah Browse as saying.

10.   The government-owned Hong Kong Radio quoted a spokeswoman for the Excelsior Hotel as saying the regional economic downturn has hurt the hotel industry.