Aug 08, 2001

CAIRO [MENL] -- Algeria and Libya have signed a security accord as part ofan effort to improve relations between the two North African countries.

Aug 02, 2001

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Kuwait has raised concern that Iraq will launch anattack to mark the anniversary of Baghdad's invasion of the sheikdom in1990.

Jul 31, 2001

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's largest non-government defense contractor hasacquired a Brazilian firm as part of the F-5 upgrade project in that SouthAmerican country.

Jul 30, 2001

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has called for greaterefforts to down U.S. and British warplanes flying over Iraq.