Aug 27, 2000
ANKARA [MENL] -- Iran will begin delivering gas to Turkey by next summer, asenior Turkish official said.
NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanon launches parliamentary elections torn by a growingboycott campaign and violence among the candidates.
Aug 28, 2000
NICOSIA [MENL] -- China has implemented a massive military operation intoSudan to protect its lucrative oilfields in the Upper Nile region.
LONDON [MENL] -- Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat has expressedoptimism for a peace agreement with Israel.