PLO resuming ties with Syria: PLO "Foreign Minister" Farouk Kaddouml said Sunday the PLO was resuming full normal ties with Syria following years of animosity, reports Reuter from Damascus.

Kaddouml, Head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation's Political (Foreign Affairs) Department, told reporters the two sides were now working to strengthen their relations.

Palestinian sources said there was agreement in principle to reopen the offices of Fatah, Yasser Arafat's mainstream guerilla faction In the PLO. which have been closed since 1983.

US varsity in Beirut still open American University of Beirut will continue to operate in Lebanon despite the destruction of its administration building in a powerful car bomb explosion Friday, the US government said In statement released Sunday, reports AFP from Beirut.

The Arabic language press release issued by the US embassy In Beirut said the attack against the university was an absurd aggression.

Describing The American University of Beirut as a beacon of education since 1868 it said the college would pursue its mission of teaching and culture.

Solanki in Iran for improving ties: Indian Foreign Minister Madhav Rao Solanki arrived in Tehran Sunday for four days of talks aimed at Improving relations, the Iranian news agency 1RNA reported, says Reuter from Nicosia.

Relations between the two states have been sourced by Tehran's support for militants in Indias predominantly Muslim. Kashmir region who want to merge with the one third of the Himalayan region under Pakistani control.

IRNA monitored in Nicosia, said Solanki would meet President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Foreign Minister All Akbar Velayatl.

Mujahideen kill 50 soldiers : resistance killed 50 Kabul government soldiers in the western heart province, the rebel Mldia news agency said Sunday, reports AFP from Islamabad

Quoting a wirekas message from Mujahideen Commander Ismail Khan the agency said tn operations conducted two days ago the resistance fighters also arrested 15 soldiers besides capturing five tanks.

The report put Mujahideen losses at two dead and six injured as a result of aerial bombing and artillery fire by the government forces.

Sikh militants kill 10 Hindus : a, least 10 people were kilted when Sikh militants opened Are at a group of Hindus in the northern state of Haryana Sunday, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported, says AFP from New Delhi.

An unknown number of gunmen opened indiscriminate fire when the Hindus were coming out af a temple near a Haryana town bordering Punjab, where Sikh militants are fighting for a homeland

Several others were injured In the attack, the news agency said. No further details were available

Non-Communist govt in Sofia : Bulgaria a Parliament has approved Its first non-Conununlst government In 47 years, newspapers announced Sunday, reports AP from Sofia

In a secret ballot late Friday, the 24Oseat National Assembly approved the Cabinet proposed by Premier Ft Up Dimitrov The vote was 128-90.

"A team of action replaced the Cabinet of hope," said the dally Demokrataiya in its headlines, alluding to the fact that moot of the newly elected ministers are professionals

The new government is headed by Filip Dimitrov, the 36 year-old leader of the anti-Communist Union of Democratic