Jul 20, 2001

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey seeks to improve defense ties with Italy in the wakeof the uproar in Ankara over legislation regarding the killing of 1.5million Armenians during World War I.

Oct 11, 2001

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey's military is bracing for a call from the UnitedStates to participate in any ground invasion of Afghanistan.

Nov 28, 2002

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States plans to increase monitoring of itsallies in Gulf Arab and other Middle East states to ensure that they don'ttransfer weapons supplied by Washington to so-called rogue regimes in theregion.

Jan 06, 2003

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has completed the first test of its Arrow-2 todemonstrate the system's ability to intercept a salvo of enemy missiles.