Jul 23, 2001

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey seeks to launch cooperation for the joint productionof weapons with Egypt.

Jul 24, 2001

CAIRO [MENL] -- Algeria seeks to cement ties with the European Union asIslamic insurgency attacks continue to take their toll in the North Africancountry.

Jul 29, 2001

NICOSIA [MENL] -- Lebanon has once again become a center of opiumtrafficking.

Aug 02, 2001

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The Pentagon assesses that U.S. space-based weapons areat least a decade away.