Aug 24, 2000

CAIRO [MENL] -- The crash of a Bahrain airliner in which all 143 people onboard were killed has been attributed to mechanical failure.

Jun 28, 2001

JERUSALEM [MENL] -- The United States will not pressure Israel to launchpolitical talks with the Palestinian Authority amid the violence of theIsraeli-Palestinian war.

Jul 05, 2001

MOSCOW [MENL] -- The Ukraine has targeted former Soviet clients in theMiddle East for a new armored vehicle systems.

Jul 09, 2001

CAIRO [MENL] -- Sudan's military has resumed what is being described asheavy fighting with rebel forces in the oil-rich region in the south.