Aug 22, 2000
ATHENS [MENL] -- Greece has signed a $1.4 billion contract for the purchaseof 15 Mirage 2000-5 jets.
RAMALLAH [MENL] -- Jordan's King Abdullah held a brief visit to thePalestinian Authority concerned over how an Israeli-Palestinian peaceagreement would affect the Hashemite kingdom.
MOSCOW [MENL] -- Russia plans to help Iraq clear an estimated 450,000 minesleft over from wars over the last two decades.
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has warned that it will not conveneanother Israeli-Palestinian summit unless both sides make furtherconcessions.