4 guerillas killed in S Lebanon: Four guerillas were killed in South Lebanon Tuesday in clashes with Israeli forces and the proxy South Lebanon Army (SLA) militia. Israeli and SLA officials said. AFP reports from Tyre. Lebanon.

The SLA said it shot dead two fighters of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in the central sector of Israel's self-declared "security zone."

Japan sets up ties with Macedonia: Japan established diplomatic relations on Tuesday with the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia. Reuter reports from Tokyo.

The two countries exchanged notes in the Macedonian capital of Skopje, the Foreign Ministry said tn a statement.

European Union countries and the United States have also begun establishing diplomatic relations with Skopje, despite pressure from Greece. Athens says use of the name Macedonia implies a territorial threat against Its own northern Macedonia province.

Israeli settler shot dead in WB: Palestinians shot dead an Israeli settler Tuesday when they opened fire on his car near Blddiya village in the north of the occupied West Bank a settler spokesman said AFP reports from Jerusalem.

The settler's wife was seriously wounded in the attack. Troops later sealed off the area.

Georgia ratifies CIS membership: The Georgian Parliament ratified Tuesday the country's membership of the Commonwealth of Independent States, grouping former Soviet republics, after a noisy debate. AFP reports from Tbilisi.

The vote was carried by 124 to 47. prompting protests from members of the opposition National Radical Party, who complained of procedural Irregularities.

The,decision announced tn October by President Eduard Shevardnadze to Join the CIS gained Mo® ow s support In his successful struggle against the armed uprising led by his ousted predecessor. the late Zviad Gamsakhurdia

4 women held for church blast: Lebanese security forces arrested four women on Tuesday suspected to be linked to the bombing of a Maroonite Church t£at killed 10 worshippers, security sources said. Reuter re ports from Beirut

1 They said the women were arrested at dawn and initial in vestlgations showed they planted the bomb next to the altar during Sunday mass at Sayytdet ALNajat four lady of salvation) north of Beirut

The sources said a fifth woman, thought to be the leader of the ring. had Bed the country shortly after Sunday s bombing.