Nov 29, 2002

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States appears to have ended or sharplyreduced Iraq's massive smuggling of oil to Egypt in violation of UnitedNations sanctions.

Nov 28, 2002

RAMALLAH [MENL] -- The European Union has offered to remove Hamas from alist of organizations deemed as terrorist if the Islamic group suspendssuicide missions against Israel.

Nov 13, 2002

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Egypt has ordered an additional 100 M1A1 tanks from theUnited States and hopes to increase its Abrams tank fleet to 755.

Nov 05, 2002

WASHINGTON [MENL] -- The United States has determined that Libya and Syriahave accelerated their weapons of mass destruction programs.