January 1, 2000

PLO Refugees Affairs Dept. head `Asad `Abd al-Rahman arrives in Beirut to meet with PM Huss, visit Palestinian refugee camps. The 5-day trip aims to ease tensions btwn. refugees, the Lebanese government. (al-Safir 1/7, DUS 1/9 in WNC 1/10)

Unidentified assailants detonate a bomb in `Ayn al-Hilwa refugee camp in s. Lebanon, causing damage but no injuries. (al-Safir 1/3 in WNC 1/4; MM 1/4)