Nov 05, 2001

NICOSIA [MENL] -- A fugitive aligned with Saudi billionaire fugitive OsamaBin Laden has escaped a Lebanese military dragnet.

Nov 09, 2001

ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Saudi Arabia is said to be in the advanced stage ofnegotiations for the purchase of Pakistan's new fighter-jet trainer.

Nov 12, 2001

ANKARA [MENL] -- Turkey plans to procure and deploy short-rangeanti-aircraft missiles to protect key government and military installations.

Nov 14, 2001

JERUSALEM [MENL] -- An insurgency cell composed of followers of PalestinianAuthority Chairman Yasser Arafat was captured amid alleged plans to blow upone of the holiest sites to Islam and Judaism.