Oct 17, 2004

LONDON [MENL] -- The United Nations has assessed that at least 70,000 peoplehave died or been killed in Sudan's Darfour province since March 2004.

Oct 19, 2004

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Africa, including Arab League states, could be the nextmarket for U.S. private military contractors.

Oct 20, 2004

LONDON [MENL] -- The European Union appears to have resolved a year-longdispute with Syria over its weapons of mass destruction program.

Oct 28, 2004

CAIRO [MENL] -- Sudan's rebel movement has reported fresh fighting inDarfour.