question: israel has asked yasser arafat 's self-rule government to hand over five palestinians suspected in the slayings of four israelis , a government spokesman said tuesday .

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summary: israel asks arafat to extradite five palestinian suspects

question: china 's first non-state commercial bank will start operations sometime next year , providing a much-needed source of working capital for the country 's cash-strapped private sector , a report said sunday .

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summary: china 's first non-state bank set to open next year

question: nato 's secretary general on thursday called his visit to ukraine an important step toward changing negative views leftover from the cold war about the western military alliance that this ex-soviet republic hopes to join .

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summary: nato 's chief calls ukraine trip an important step toward changing views about alliance

question: president laurent-desire kabila of the democratic republic of the congo -lrb- drc -rrb- wound up his visit to shenzhen city in south china and left here for beijing .

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summary:
president kabila ends visit in south china