Aug 22, 2000

MOSCOW [MENL] -- Russia plans to help Iraq clear an estimated 450,000 minesleft over from wars over the last two decades.

Aug 28, 2000

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Saudi billionaire fugitive Osama Bin Laden has introduceda new kind of terrorist in the Arab-Israeli conflict -- the freelancer.

Sep 21, 2000

CAIRO [MENL] -- Algeria plans to sign a defense cooperation agreement withSouth Africa that could pave the way for an upgrade of the aging Sovietweapons in the arsenal of the North African country.

Oct 05, 2000

ATHENS [MENL] -- Iran is hard at work peddling its indigenous weapons in theWest.