Aug 22, 2000

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United Nations is preparing to return weaponsinspectors to Iraq by October.

Sep 05, 2000

JERUSALEM [MENL] -- Prime Minister Ehud Barak has rejected an appeal by themilitary for a 1.5 billion shekel [$375 million] increase in the defensebudget.

Sep 19, 2000

LONDON [MENL] -- The United Nations has instituted changes in theintelligence-gathering policy of its new weapons inspections agency meant tofind Iraqi missiles and nonconventional weapons.

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.