1.   A British tourist who was stabbed early Friday outside a restaurant in a British sovereign base in Cyprus is in stable condition, British forces said.

2.   All are serving with the Royal Green Jackets Regiment at the British sovereign base of Dhekelia on the south coast of this east Mediterranean island.

3.   Before their arrest the three soldiers were serving with th Royal Green Jackets Regiment at the British sovereign base of Dhekelia in southern Cyprus near Ayia Napa.

4.   Britain maintains two sovereign bases on the island, Akrotiri-Episkopi on the west coast near Limassol and Dhekelia on the southeast coast.

5.   Dhekelia is one of two British sovereign bases on the island.

6.   Her husband is based at the British sovereign base of Episkopi, near Limassol, one of two British bases on the island.

7.   The Akrotiri base is one of two sovereign British bases on this east Mediterranean island.

8.   The assault was the latest in a series of incidents in Ayia Napa by British soldiers from the nearby sovereign British base of Dhekelia.

9.   The British sovereign base of Akrotiri-Episkopi stretches across the southwestern corner of the island.

10.   The killing also fanned the resentment by an increasing number of Cypriots of the presence on the island of British sovereign bases.