Feb 24, 2003

CAIRO [MENL] -- Egypt plans to host a major security exhibition.

Feb 24, 2003

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- BAe Systems, whose employees have come under attack fromsuspected Al Qaida insurgents, has pledged to maintain operations in SaudiArabia.

Feb 23, 2003

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey continues to delay a decision on whether Washingtoncould deploy up to 40,000 troops in the NATO ally.

Feb 23, 2003

TEL AVIV [MENL] -- The growing population density in the Gaza Strip could beeased by the construction of islands in the Mediterranean Sea that couldhouse hundreds of thousands of Palestinians.