Jul 25, 2001

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey expects the Bush administration to discuss thedeployment of missile defense systems in the NATO country.

Jul 27, 2001

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- The United States plans to present to Israel and thePalestinian Authority a new framework for international supervision of thecollapsed ceasefire in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Jul 30, 2001

LONDON [MENL] -- A shipment of enriched uranium seized in the former Sovietrepublic of Georgia is believed to have been headed for Turkey and fromthere to Iran.

Jul 31, 2001

AMMAN [MENL] -- Jordan has imposed new visa restrictions on Lebanesenationals in the wake of several attempts by Hizbullah to smuggle weaponsthrough the Hashemite kingdom to the Palestinian Authority.