Aug 22, 2000

LONDON [MENL] -- The United Arab Emirates wants to bring Islam to CentralEurope.

Aug 24, 2000

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United Nations has failed in peacekeepingoperations because of inexperienced personnel, insufficient resources andpoor planning.

Sep 07, 2000

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel cancelled a test of the Arrow-2 anti-missiledefense system because of a failure in the new target missile developed byRafael, Israel Armament Development Authority.

Sep 26, 2000

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The U.S. Army, flushed with last week's success indestroying a salvo of rockets, seeks Pentagon funding for an advanced laserweapon being developed with Israel.