Oct 20, 2000

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has concluded that none of the portsin the Persian Gulf region is safe for its naval ships.

Oct 24, 2000

JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat plansterrorist attacks inside Israel, Israeli officials said.

Oct 26, 2000

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Lockheed Martin, playing catch up to its rival Boeing,has conducted its first test-flight of its version of the Joint StrikeFighter in the competition for the new multi-role fighter for the UnitedStates.

Nov 01, 2000

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel, reeling from its cancellation of a lucrativeairborne early-warning contract with Beijing, has launched a new marketingdrive toward China.