101.  Palestinian merchants in Hebron shuttered their shops Thursday to comply with a strike call by the Muslim militant group Hamas.

102.  Palestinian police interrogators shaved off the hair and beard of a jailed leader of the Muslim militant group Hamas, an activist in the group said Saturday.

103.  PAS and other Muslim groups have for the first time allied with the opposition Democratic Action Party, which is dominated by ethnic Chinese.

104.  President George W. Bush assured Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Tuesday that the United States will help pursue a militant Muslim group holding two Americans hostage.

105.  Pearl was last seen heading for an appointment with someone he thought could arrange an interview with Sheik Mubarak Ali Shah Gilani, leader of a small Muslim group.

106.  Parliament President Wan Mohammad Noor Matha, who heads a southern-based Muslim group within the NAP, favoured the idea.

107.  Philippine military clashes with another large Muslim separatist group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, have considerably waned in recent months after the signing of a cease-fire agreement.

108.  Previous bombing attacks have been claimed by the Muslim militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

109.  Prime Minister Shimon Peres on Sunday declared all-out war against the Muslim militant group Hamas and said he would not rest until it had been destroyed.

110.  Police also detained three leaders of the Muslim militant group Hamas.