1 10 okay APW19990519.0114 Ali Mohamed, 46, a native of Egypt who left the Army in 1989, was added to a broad conspiracy case that includes bin Laden, the suspected architect of last summer's bombings of the U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.
1 10 okay NYT19990616.0515 last month, the government indicted Ali A. Mohamed, a former U.S. Army sergeant, on charges of collaborating with bin Laden in a conspiracy to kill Americans abroad, asserting for the first time that Al Qaeda was behind the embassy attacks in Africa.
1 10 okay NYT19990616.0515 Last month, the government indicted Ali A. Mohamed, a former U.S. Army sergeant, on charges of collaborating with bin Laden in a conspiracy to kill Americans abroad, asserting for the first time that Al Qaeda was behind the embassy attacks in Africa.
1 12 vital APW19980926.0256 Fazil, Al-'Owhali and Mohamed Saddiq Odeh, the other suspect charged in the Kenyan bombing, are believed to be members of the al-Qaeda organization founded by Saudi exile Osama bin Laden.
1 12 vital NYT19980828.0328 He worked in an independent unit that he said was managed by senior commanders and concealed its activities through legitimate businesses like a fishing company set up in Mombassa by Odeh using Al Qaeda money.
1 12 vital NYT19990803.0072 Within a few days, two suspects, a naturalized Kenyan of Palestinian birth named Mohammed Saddiq Odeh and Mohammed Rashed Daoud al-Owhali, a Yemeni, were apprehended.
1 13 okay APW19980926.0256 Fazil, Al-'Owhali and Mohamed Saddiq Odeh, the other suspect charged in the Kenyan bombing, are believed to be members of the al-Qaeda organization founded by Saudi exile Osama bin Laden.
1 13 okay NYT19980827.0339 In his confession, Al-` Owhali said he was trained in terrorist camps in Afghanistan, including several camps affiliated with al Qaeda, an international terrorist group led by Usama bin Laden.
1 13 okay NYT19980827.0439 Federal complaint also alleges that al-'Owhali, Yemen native, told FBI agents that he had learned how to make explosives, hijack and kidnap at terrorist training camps run by Osama bin Laden, head of al Qaeda terrorist group
1 13 okay NYT19980827.0439 The federal complaint also alleges that al-'Owhali, a Yemen native, told FBI agents that he had learned how to make explosives, hijack and kidnap at terrorist training camps run by Osama bin Laden, head of the al Qaeda terrorist group
1 13 okay NYT19980827.0439 The federal complaint also alleges that al-'Owhali, a Yemen native, told FBI agents that he had learned how to make explosives, hijack and kidnap at terrorist training camps run by Osama bin Laden, head of the al Qaeda terrorist group.
1 13 okay NYT19990803.0072 Within a few days, two suspects, a naturalized Kenyan of Palestinian birth named Mohammed Saddiq Odeh and Mohammed Rashed Daoud al-Owhali, a Yemeni, were apprehended.
1 15 vital APW19980929.0889 Complaint unsealed in U.S. District Court in Manhattan charged Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, ranking member of al Qaeda terrorist group headed by Osama bin Laden, with murder conspiracy and use of weapons of mass destruction in international plot to kill U.S. citizens
1 15 vital APW19980929.0889 The complaint unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan charged Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, a ranking member of the al Qaeda terrorist group headed by Osama bin Laden, with murder conspiracy and use of weapons of mass destruction in an international plot to kill U.S. citizens
1 15 vital APW19980929.0889 The complaint unsealed Friday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan charged Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, a ranking member of the al Qaeda terrorist group headed by Osama bin Laden, with murder conspiracy and use of weapons of mass destruction in an international plot to kill U.S. citizens.
1 15 vital NYT19981204.0411 Far from being in Germany to carry out terrorist activities, Salim told his interrogators, he was there to buy a Mercedes, which he would take back to Dubai, and above all to find a wife.
1 15 vital NYT19990412.0344 but "when Al Qaeda was moved to Sudan, it lost around 70 percent of its members," Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, accused of being an associate of bin Laden, said during an interrogation by German police after his arrest in September.
1 15 vital NYT19990412.0344 But "when Al Qaeda was moved to Sudan, it lost around 70 percent of its members, " Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, accused of being an associate of bin Laden, said during an interrogation by German police after his arrest in September.
1 15 vital NYT19990412.0474 But ``when Al Qaeda was moved to Sudan, it lost around 70 percent of its members,'' Mamdouh Mahmud Salim, accused of being an associate of bin Laden, said during an interrogation by German police after his arrest in September.
1 15 vital NYT19990804.0121 Salim, described as a founding member of Al Qaeda, was arrested on Sept. 16 at a car dealership outside Munich on a tip from Interpol in Washington.
1 17 vital APW19990617.0105 Al-Zawahiri, believed to be with bin Laden in Afghanistan, allegedly leads Al-Jihad, an outlawed group that had claimed responsibility for the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat.
1 17 vital APW19990617.0105 prosecutors said in Wednesday's court papers by February 1998, Al-Zawahiri had merged his group with bin Laden's terrorist organization, al Qaeda, to oppose non-Islamic governments with force and violence.
1 17 vital APW19990617.0105 U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White said the charges ``show the reach of the worldwide terrorist network threatening civilized society today. '' Prosecutors said in Wednesday's court papers by February 1998, Al-Zawahiri had merged his group with bin Laden's terrorist organization, al Qaeda, to oppose non-Islamic governments with force and violence.
1 17 vital NYT19990616.0515 Ken Katzman, a senior analyst for the Congressional Research Service, described Zawahiri as a military expert and a top lieutenant in Al Qaeda.
1 17 vital NYT19990616.0515 Prosecutors say the two, Ayman al-Zawahiri and Khalid al-Fawwaz, are close associates of Osama bin Laden, the Saudi exile who has been charged with ordering the bombings in Kenya and Tanzania, killing hundreds of people and injuring 4,000.
1 1 vital APW19981112.0551 Saudi exile Osama bin Laden, alleged mastermind of conspiracy to attack U.S. targets around world, and Muhammad Atef, alleged military commander of bin Laden's terrorist organization, Al-Qaeda, were charged in separate 238 - page indictment with murder and conspiracy in bombings
1 1 vital APW19981112.0551 Saudi exile Osama bin Laden, the alleged mastermind of a conspiracy to attack U.S. targets around the world, and Muhammad Atef, the alleged military commander of bin Laden's terrorist organization, Al-Qaeda, were charged in a separate 238-page indictment with murder and conspiracy in the bombings
1 1 vital APW19981112.0551 Saudi exile Osama bin Laden, the alleged mastermind of a conspiracy to attack U.S. targets around the world, and Muhammad Atef, the alleged military commander of bin Laden's terrorist organization, Al-Qaeda, were charged in a separate 238-page indictment with murder and conspiracy in the bombings.
1 1 vital NYT19981104.0491 Government officials immediately announced that they were offering two rewards of $5 million each for information leading to the arrest or conviction of bin Laden and another man charged Wednesday, Muhammad Atef, who was described as bin Laden's chief military commander.
1 1 vital NYT19981104.0648 In 1996, defendants Osama bin Laden and Muhammad Atef and other members of Al Qaeda relocated to Afghanistan.
1 2 okay NYT19990803.0066 On July 12, 1999, Ibrahim Hussein Eidarous, 42, and Adel Mohammed Abdul Bary, 39 _ two of bin Laden's Egyptian followers _ were rounded up and appeared in court in London.
1 3 okay NYT19990803.0072 On July 12, 1999, Ibrahim Hussein Eidarous, 42, and Adel Mohammed Abdul Bary, 39 _ two of bin Laden's Egyptian followers _ were rounded up and appeared in court in London.
1 4 okay NYT19981204.0411 Tayyib, who also went by the name Abu Fadl, was chief financial officer for some of bin Laden's companies in Sudan, the base of bin Laden's operations for several years.
1 5 okay APW19980928.1039 The warrant alleges that al Fawwaz conspired with bin Laden to murder citizens of the United States between Jan. 1, 1993 and Sept. 27, 1998 in the jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court in New York.
1 5 okay APW19990617.0105 The indictment described Al-Fawwaz as an al Qaeda member who repeatedly helped get messages from terrorism leaders to the media, including an August 1996 declaration from bin Laden against Americans meant to " expel the heretics from the Arabian Peninsula." who
1 5 okay NYT19990616.0515 prosecutors said that Fawwaz has been running media operations for Al Qaeda; his duties include publicizing statements made by bin Laden, recruiting military trainees, transmitting confidential messages to members and purchasing communications equipment.
1 6 okay APW19980922.0127 El Hage, an American citizen who has admitted working as bin Laden's personal secretary in the Sudan in 1994, allegedly lied when he told the grand jurors that he never heard his boss threaten the United States, the indictment says.
1 6 okay NYT19980921.0492 in bringing the new charges against Wadih el Hage, who has admitted that he worked as bin Laden's personal secretary in Sudan in 1994, federal prosecutors in Manhattan offered their most expansive look yet at the scope and direction of their investigation into bin Laden and his organization, Al Qaeda.
1 9 vital NYT19980918.0014 At the time, the complaint says, el Hage admitted to having worked as bin Laden's personal secretary, and also to knowing two of his top military commanders, identified as Abu Ubaidah al Banshiri and Abu Hafs el Masry.
2 6 okay APW20000821.0179 In Colombia, Police Gen. Tobias Duran Quintanilla said that the FARC receives arms shipments from various points, including from Ecuador, and the Pacific and Atlantic coasts. ''The entry of arms to Colombia comes from different places and over different borders, not only from Peru,'' he said.
3 2 vital APW19980611.1296 " The islands are being used as a transshipment point for drugs for Europe and the United States, " she said.
3 4 okay APW19980611.1296 " How can the United States, Britain, France and Holland expect us to invest millions of dollars in our Coast Guard while criminality on our islands is on the rise?" She said those major countries should bear more of the burden of patrolling the waters around the Netherlands Antilles, which consists of the islands of Curacao and Bonaire, just off the coast of South America, and St. Maarten, St. Eustatious and Saba in the eastern Caribbean.
3 4 okay APW19980611.1296 She said those major countries should bear more of the burden of patrolling the waters around the Netherlands Antilles, which consists of the islands of Curacao and Bonaire, just off the coast of South America, and St. Maarten, St. Eustatious and Saba in the eastern Caribbean.
4 11 okay XIE20000903.0112 Mercosur, grouping Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and with Chile and Bolivia as associate members, and the Andean Community, involving Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, are the two main regional trade blocs in South America
4 11 okay XIE20000903.0112 Mercosur, grouping Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and with Chile and Bolivia as associate members, and the Andean Community, involving Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia, are the two main regional trade blocs in South America.
4 12 okay XIE19970422.0241 La PAZ -- The Confederation of Private Enterprises in Bolivia (CEPB) maintains that the Andean Community should orientate its efforts to joining the Mercosur trade bloc to form a united South American bloc.
4 13 okay XIE19971217.0293 Countries of the Andean Community submitted a proposal Tuesday to the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) for the gradual exemption of tariffs for 15-18 years to help establish a free trade agreement between the two blocs.
4 1 vital XIE19970429.0267 the Andean Community and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) declared on April 23 its "firm political will" to create an extensive free trade zone.
4 1 vital XIE19980218.0283 MONTEVIDEO, February 17 (Xinhua) -- The South American Common Market (MERCOSUR) and the Andean Community will sign an agreement creating a free trade zone before April. Both groups will set aside discussion on problems connected to the agreement, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Burelli said in an interview published Tuesday.
4 1 vital XIE19980218.0283 The South American Common Market (MERCOSUR) and the Andean Community will sign an agreement creating a free trade zone before April.
4 1 vital XIE19980417.0257 BUENOS AIRES, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The South American Common Market (Mercosur) and the Andean Group Thursday signed a framework agreement on establishing a free trade zone by the year 2000, a step closer to the regional economic integration.
4 1 vital XIE20000928.0361 Giavarini reaffirmed his commitment made last summer at a summit of Mercosur and the Andean Community to establish a free trade zone between the two regional economic organizations before January of 2002
4 1 vital XIE20000928.0361 Giavarini reaffirmed his commitment made last summer at summit of Mercosur and Andean Community to establish free trade zone between two regional economic organizations before January of 2002
4 2 okay XIE19980628.0147 Montevideo -- Mercosur and the Community of Andean Nations (CAN) next week will exchange lists of products that will be included in the new agreement of tariff preferences, which will go into effect on October 1.
4 2 okay XIE19980628.0147 MONTEVIDEO, Mercosur and the Community of Andean Nations (CAN) next week will exchange lists of products that will be included in the new agreement of tariff preferences, which will go into effect on October 1.
4 3 okay XIE19980406.0158 Also vowed to enhance economic and trade cooperation between Andean Community and other trade groups including Mercosur, largest one in South America, and European Union
4 3 okay XIE19980406.0158 the also vowed to enhance economic and trade cooperation between the Andean Community and other trade groups including Mercosur, the largest one in South America, and the European Union.
4 3 okay XIE19980406.0158 The also vowed to enhance economic and trade cooperation between the Andean Community and other trade groups including Mercosur, the largest one in South America, and the European Union.
4 4 okay XIE20000901.0254 Cardoso also stressed the need to give impetus to the integration between Mercosur and the Andean Community of Nations.
4 5 vital XIE19990420.0245 The Andean countries are eager to promote trade relations with NAFTA member countries including Canada, the United States and Mexico.
4 6 okay XIE19970415.0235 Peru's withdrawal from the Andean Community will not affect the subregional trade bloc but will prompt its talks with the South American Common Market (Mercosur), a Colombian minister said today.
4 7 vital XIE19981126.0297 businessmen from the South American Common Market (Mercosur) and the Andean Community will arrive here Thursday to discuss the creation of a single nine-country Latin American trade block.
4 7 vital XIE19981126.0297 SAO PAULO, November 25 (Xinhua) -- Businessmen from the South American Common Market (Mercosur) and the Andean Community will arrive here Thursday to discuss the creation of a single nine-country Latin American trade block.
4 8 okay XIE19990131.0124 CARACAS, January 30 (Xinhua) -- Uruguayan President Julio Maria Sanguinetti has said that Venezuela could unilaterally develop cooperation with the South American Common Market (Mercosur) if the Andean Community, of which Venezuela is a member, cannot establish economic ties with Mercosur immediately.
4 9 okay XIE20000401.0203 Argentina is second Southern Common Market ( Mercosur ) country with which Andean Community reaches agreement of tariff preferences, and this is important step toward creation of free trade zone between two subregional groups
4 9 okay XIE20000401.0203 Argentina is the second Southern Common Market (Mercosur) country with which the Andean Community reaches an agreement of tariff preferences, and this is an important step toward the creation of the free trade zone between the two subregional groups
4 9 okay XIE20000401.0203 Argentina is the second Southern Common Market (Mercosur) country with which the Andean Community reaches an agreement of tariff preferences, and this is an important step toward the creation of the free trade zone between the two subregional groups.
5 1 vital APW20000302.0047 Profits from drug trafficking, prostitution and other criminal activities are moved through a series of bank or brokerage accounts to make them appear to be proceeds of legitimate business activity. In his speech, Summers identified Russia, Colombia and Nigeria as among the biggest sources of illicit money, and the Caribbean islands of Dominica and Antigua, Nauru in the South Pacific and Liechtenstein in Europe as some of the leading money-laundering centers.
5 2 okay NYT20000622.0332 officials in Liechtenstein said it was being unfairly singled out for practices that are common elsewhere.
5 2 okay NYT20000622.0332 Officials in Liechtenstein said it was being unfairly singled out for practices that are common elsewhere.
5 3 vital APW19990610.0241 U.S. customs officials seized $ 100 million from 14 banks and dozens of individuals who were accused of laundering money for Cali drug cartel in Colombia, and Juarez cartel in Mexico
5 3 vital APW19990610.0241 U.S. customs officials seized $100 million from 14 banks and dozens of individuals who were accused of laundering money for the Cali drug cartel in Colombia, and the Juarez cartel in Mexico
5 3 vital APW19990611.0291 U.S. customs officials seized $100 million from 14 banks and dozens of individuals who were accused of laundering money for the Cali drug cartel in Colombia, and the Juarez cartel in Mexico.
5 4 vital NYT20000831.0211 The principality, which sits between Switzerland and Austria, asked Spitzer, a prosecutor at home, to examine allegations that Colombia drug cartels, a Sicilian Mafia group and Russian criminal gangs were cleaning up sums by passing them through Liechtenstein's asset managers and 300 banks.
6 12 okay XIE20000109.0077 MOSCOW, January 9 (Xinhua) -- The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry on Saturday expressed in a statement "profound concern and indignation" over Moscow's accusation of assisting Chechen rebels on its territory. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Friday that a Chechen rebel stronghold for waging a long drawn-out war in Chechnya is being created in Azerbaijan.
6 12 okay XIE20000109.0077 The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement on Friday that a Chechen rebel stronghold for waging a long drawn-out war in Chechnya is being created in Azerbaijan.
6 13 okay NYT20000810.0230 MOSCOW _ With Russian casualties mounting from land mine attacks in Chechnya, the Federal Security Service Thursday accused a British-based mine-clearing organization of providing military training and assistance to rebel forces still engaged in partisan attacks and ambushes on Russian security forces. Guy Willoughby, the president of the organization, Halo Trust, which is funded in part by the United States and the trust of the late Princess Diana, acknowledged Thursday night that some of the 100 or more Chechens his organization trained between 1997 and 1999 might have ``joined the fighters,'' and transferred their skills to rebel formations laying mines and ambushes for Russian troops.
6 14 okay NYT19991222.0462 the trouble in Alkhan-Yurt began after it was occupied by a group of Islamic militants, including Chechen and Middle Eastern fighters.
6 3 okay NYT19991006.0341 Last month, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said bin Laden has been in Chechnya several times, helping that Russian republic as well as the Dagestan region to break away from Moscow with financial and material support.
6 4 vital APW19981125.1114 During Chechnya's 1994-1996 war for independence from Russia, Moscow often accused foreign groups of supporting mainly Muslim Chechen rebels
6 4 vital APW19981125.1114 during Chechnya's 1994-1996 war for independence from Russia, Moscow often accused foreign groups of supporting the mainly Muslim Chechen rebels.
6 4 vital APW19981125.1114 During Chechnya's 1994-1996 war for independence from Russia, Moscow often accused foreign groups of supporting the mainly Muslim Chechen rebels
6 4 vital APW19981125.1114 During Chechnya's 1994-1996 war for independence from Russia, Moscow often accused foreign groups of supporting the mainly Muslim Chechen rebels. ( adc )
6 5 okay NYT20000206.0134 The Taliban have been supporting the breakaway southern Russian republic of Chechnya and have charged that Moscow is backing the anti-Taliban opposition in Afghanistan.
6 6 okay XIE20000828.0069 ISLAMABAD, August 28 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan's opposition forces Monday alleged that the ruling Taliban militia were assisted by some Chechen rebels in recent fighting in northern province of Takhar, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported. The Pakistan-based agency quoted Mohammad Habeel, an opposition spokesman, as saying that at least 250 Chechens were camped at Bangi, a western town of Takhar, and fighting alongside the Taliban.
7 1 vital APW20000907.0135 The comments by national prosecutor Alfonso Gomez came a day after Carlos Castano, commander of the national paramilitary umbrella organization, claimed his group enjoys growing support from local and international businesses. The organization, known as the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, or AUC, has come under scrutiny as a U.S.-backed anti-drug offensive gets under way.
7 2 vital APW20000907.0135 But Gomez said that financing the AUC is a crime, just as it is a crime to give financial support to leftist rebels.
7 2 vital APW20000907.0135 Colombian Paramilitary Warned By JUAN PABLO TORO BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's chief prosecutor said Thursday he had a list of businessmen who supported right-wing paramilitary squads and warned that financing outlawed groups is a criminal offense.
7 3 okay APW20000906.0162 That some landowners and businesses in Colombia provide support to paramilitary groups has been widely assumed, although little is publicly known about those relationships.
7 3 okay APW20000923.0024 The AUC is paid by landowners for protection services, and also makes money by taxing Colombia's drug trade.
7 3 okay APW20000923.0103 the AUC is paid by landowners for protection services, and makes money by taxing Colombia's drug trade.
7 4 vital APW20000906.0162 rightist militias waging a dirty war against suspected leftists in Colombia enjoy growing support from private businessmen, the nation's top paramilitary leader said Wednesday.
7 5 okay APW20000923.0024 The AUC is paid by landowners for protection services, and also makes money by taxing Colombia's drug trade.
7 5 okay APW20000923.0103 the AUC is paid by landowners for protection services, and makes money by taxing Colombia's drug trade.
7 6 okay APW20000923.0024 The AUC is estimated to have about 6,000 combatants and has links to government security forces.
7 7 okay APW20000907.0135 Many AUC members are former government soldiers.
8 1 vital XIE19990121.0022 Jota admitted that there are many Cubans now in Angola, adding that they are experts in health, education, catering industry, trade and other sectors and their activities "have always been public".
8 1 vital XIE19990121.0127 Manuel admitted that there are many Cubans staying in Angola but he said that these Cubans are experts in health, education, catering industry or trade.
8 2 vital XIE19990121.0127 Cuba recalled all its troops from Angola in 1991.
8 3 okay XIE19990121.0127 after Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975, Cuba sent a host of troops to the African country to support the newly-established government to fight in the civil war.
8 3 okay XIE19990121.0127 After Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975, Cuba sent a host of troops to the African country to support the newly-established government to fight in the civil war
8 3 okay XIE19990121.0127 After Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975, Cuba sent a host of troops to the African country to support the newly-established government to fight in the civil war.
8 3 okay XIE19990121.0127 After Angola's independence from Portugal in 1975, Cuba sent host of troops to African country to support newly-established government to fight in civil war
8 4 okay XIE20000327.0354 Cuban and Angola on Monday signed here cooperation accords after ending the 10th meeting of the joint commission of economic and scientific cooperation.
8 5 okay XIE19970915.0066 The Angolan-Cuban Mixed Commission of Cooperation will meet here from today to Saturday to review cooperation in all fields between the two countries and discuss ways to strengthen cooperation.
8 6 okay XIE19990121.0022 Since the southern African country gained independence in 1975, Cuba deployed a large number of troops to support the Angolan government in its civil war, with the highest being 50,000 in 1988.
8 6 okay XIE19990121.0127 in 1988, the number of the Cuban troops in Angola amounted up to 50,000.
8 7 okay APW19990128.0070 In Havana, the Cuban government on Thursday denied recent reports that Cuban military advisers are helping Angola's army in the civil war.
8 7 okay XIE19990129.0092 At his weekly news conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alejandro Gonzalez categorically denied Cuba's military presence in Angola
8 7 okay XIE19990129.0092 At his weekly news conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alejandro Gonzalez categorically denied Cuba's military presence in Angola.
8 7 okay XIE19990129.0092 He also denied that the Angolan government had requested the sending of Cuban troops, saying that Havana was confident that Angola and the African community could end the conflict between the government troops and rebels. At his weekly news conference, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alejandro Gonzalez categorically denied Cuba's military presence in Angola. He said Cuba was concerned over the clashes with a nti-government forces of the military arm of the National Union for Total Independence of Angola (UNITA).
8 8 okay XIE20000314.0015 Cuba is to resume its all-round cooperation with Angola in the political, economic and cultural areas, said Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque at a press conference here on Tuesday.
8 9 okay XIE20000327.0354 At the same time, Cuba has sent 43, 200 civilians to Angola, among them, 9, 200 are medical workers.
9 1 vital APW19980817.0861 After weekend meetings with Angolan President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos in that country's capital of Luanda, Kabila briefly returned to his embattled capital and then headed to Lubumbashi to continue his efforts to rally support against an advancing rebel army. In recent weeks, Kabila has been traipsing from Cuba to southern Congo to Angola looking for friends to help hold off the rebels _ an army of his former Rwandan allies, ethnic Tutsi fighters and disaffected members of the president's own military.
9 1 vital APW19980817.0861 In recent weeks, Kabila has been traipsing from Cuba to southern Congo to Angola looking for friends to help hold off the rebels _ an army of his former Rwandan allies, ethnic Tutsi fighters and disaffected members of the president's own military.
9 1 vital APW19980819.0674 Kabila has recently travelled from Cuba to southern Congo to Angola, looking for friends to help hold off the rebels - an army of his former Rwandan allies, ethnic Tutsi fighters and disaffected members of the president's own military.
9 2 okay APW20000215.0229 He said instability in Congo also has drawn in " rogue states " such as Libya, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Sudan, who he said want to use the region for weapons sales, terrorist bases and access to uranium and diamonds.
9 2 okay APW20000215.0229 He said instability in Congo also has drawn in "rogue states" such as Libya, Iran, North Korea, Cuba and Sudan, who he said want to use the region for weapons sales, terrorist bases and access to uranium and diamonds.
9 3 vital APW19980817.0589 The outcome of both the Cuban and Angolan meetings was unclear, but the former intelligence officer said they were part of an effort by the president to find troops, arms and other supplies for his crippled military.
9 3 vital APW19980817.0589 The outcome of both the Cuban and Angolan meetings was unclear, but the former intelligence officer said they were part of an effort by the president to find troops, arms and other supplies for his crippled military. One report indicates Kabila may have ordered or purchased a MiG fighter jet while in Cuba. Rwandan Tutsi troops _ once the core of Kabila's military _ defected en mass to join an ethnic Tutsi-led rebellion against his government.
9 4 vital APW19980817.0589 The outcome of both the Cuban and Angolan meetings was unclear, but the former intelligence officer said they were part of an effort by the president to find troops, arms and other supplies for his crippled military. One report indicates Kabila may have ordered or purchased a MiG fighter jet while in Cuba. Rwandan Tutsi troops _ once the core of Kabila's military _ defected en mass to join an ethnic Tutsi-led rebellion against his government.
9 5 okay APW19980723.1197 The visit of Laurent Kabila, who took power in Zaire in May 1997 and renamed it Congo, had not been announced in Cuba.
10 2 okay XIE19991103.0338 Both United States and Colombia captured drug-traffickers in the two countries, said the officer, referring to the detention of 30 alleged drug criminals in the operation Millennium in the two countries and Mexico, Ecuador
10 2 okay XIE19991103.0338 Both United States and Colombia captured drug-traffickers in the two countries, said the officer, referring to the detention of 30 alleged drug criminals in the operation Millennium in the two countries and Mexico, Ecuador.
10 2 okay XIE19991103.0338 Both United States and Colombia captured drug-traffickers in two countries, said officer, referring to detention of 30 alleged drug criminals in operation Millennium in two countries and Mexico, Ecuador
10 3 okay NYT19990813.0320 A similar agreement has been signed with Ecuador, which allows U.S. drug surveillance planes to fly from a military base in the coastal city of Manta.
10 3 okay XIE19990707.0101 On July 15, Wilhelm will visit Ecuador again, as the United States is trying to gain an extension of the agreement which allows it to use the Manta air-base.
10 4 okay XIE19990722.0307 The United States and Ecuador have completed the first phase of an agreement on the establishment of an anti-narcotics center in a military base in northeastern Ecuador, the Ecuadorian military authorities said Wednesday.
10 6 okay XIE19990507.0333 The United States chose Manta as the anti-drug center after negotiations failed with Panama's government on operating U.S. surveillance equipment from the Panamanian isthmus. The agreement between Ecuador and the United States, signed in December 1998, has been in force since April 1. The agreement has a duration of six months, during which there will be an attempt to negotiate another 10-year period.
11 1 vital APW19980617.0986 since the end of the 1982 Falkland Islands war, Argentines have not been able to travel to the Falklands, over which Great Britain maintains sovereignty.
11 1 vital APW19980804.0908 Lloyd also reiterated his government's intentions to maintain the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands over which the two countries fought a 74-day war in 1982. Argentina and Britain renewed relations in 1990 and later signed treaties on oil and fishing rights in the waters surrounding the islands.
11 1 vital NYT19981027.0358 During the visit, the first by an Argentine leader to Britain since 1960, he will visit the memorial to Britain's Falkland dead at St. Paul's Cathedral, but there will be no negotiations over sovereignty of the Falklands.
11 1 vital NYT19990303.0232 Few Americans had ever heard of Falklands Islands in South Atlantic until Great Britain, which owns islands, and Argentina, which claims sovereignty, resorted to war in 1982 to resolve their dispute
11 1 vital NYT19990303.0232 Few Americans had ever heard of the Falklands Islands in the South Atlantic until Great Britain, which owns the islands, and Argentina, which claims sovereignty, resorted to war in 1982 to resolve their dispute
11 1 vital XIE19971231.0053 British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook said here today that there was no question of sharing Falklands (Malvinas) sovereignty with Argentina without the agreement of the local residents.
11 1 vital XIE19980104.0001 BUENOS AIRES, January 2 (Xinhua) -- The Argentine government Friday reaffirmed its unquestionable sovereignty over Islas Malvinas (Falklands) and the surrounding waters. In a press statement released on the eve of 165th anniversary of Britain's occupation of Islas Malvinas (Falklands), the Argentine government said it is determined to regain its sovereignty through peaceful negotiations in accordance with the Constitution and international demands.
11 2 okay APW19980804.0908 Lloyd also reiterated his government's intentions to maintain the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands over which the two countries fought a 74-day war in 1982. Argentina and Britain renewed relations in 1990 and later signed treaties on oil and fishing rights in the waters surrounding the islands.
11 2 okay APW19980915.0023 Argentina and Britain renewed relations in 1990 and later signed treaties on oil and fishing rights in the waters surrounding the islands.
11 2 okay XIE19960304.0036 tensions between Britain and Argentina were increasing because of the disputes over fishing rights in waters around the Falkland Islands, British newspaper the Daily Telegraph reported today.
11 3 okay APW19980804.0908 Lloyd also reiterated his government's intentions to maintain the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands over which the two countries fought a 74-day war in 1982. Argentina and Britain renewed relations in 1990 and later signed treaties on oil and fishing rights in the waters surrounding the islands.
11 3 okay APW19980804.0908 the British government opposes Argentina's intention to fine oil companies that drill in the Falkland Islands basin without its consent, a senior Foreign Office official said Tuesday.
11 3 okay APW19980915.0023 Argentina and Britain renewed relations in 1990 and later signed treaties on oil and fishing rights in the waters surrounding the islands.
11 4 okay NYT19981211.0287 Argentina, which continues to claim sovereignty over the islands, has been pressing London to resume Argentine air links with the Falklands for years.
11 4 okay NYT19990507.0356 Argentina and Britain will hold talks this month to discuss the possibility of reintroducing commercial flights between Argentina and the Falkland Islands for the first time since the 1982 Falkland War.
11 4 okay NYT19990713.0446 A third round of talks between Britain, Argentina and the Falkland Islands on resuming air links to the South Atlantic archipelago and allowing Argentine passport holders to land there reached a stalemate in London. There have been no scheduled flights between Buenos Aires and the Falklands since Argentina invaded the islands in 1982 and were then repelled by British troops.
11 4 okay NYT19990713.0446 Recent comments by Duhalde blaming the burden of servicing the $130 billion debt for Argentina's economic problems were seen as one reason for a fall in the main stock index of more than 8 percent on Monday. EUROPE BRITAIN: FALKLAND STALEMATE A third round of talks between Britain, Argentina and the Falkland Islands on resuming air links to the South Atlantic archipelago and allowing Argentine passport holders to land there reached a stalemate in London.
11 4 okay XIE19990714.0273 London -- Negotiations between Britain and Argentina on how to resume air links between the disputed Falkland Islands and the Argentine mainland are expected to reach agreement on Wednesday, British Foreign Office said.
11 7 vital APW19980617.0986 since the end of the 1982 Falkland Islands war, Argentines have not been able to travel to the Falklands, over which Great Britain maintains sovereignty.
11 7 vital NYT19990713.0446 A third round of talks between Britain, Argentina and the Falkland Islands on resuming air links to the South Atlantic archipelago and allowing Argentine passport holders to land there reached a stalemate in London.
11 7 vital NYT19990713.0446 A third round of talks between Britain, Argentina and the Falkland Islands on resuming air links to the South Atlantic archipelago and allowing Argentine passport holders to land there reached a stalemate in London. There have been no scheduled flights between Buenos Aires and the Falklands since Argentina invaded the islands in 1982 and were then repelled by British troops.
11 7 vital NYT19990713.0446 Recent comments by Duhalde blaming the burden of servicing the $130 billion debt for Argentina's economic problems were seen as one reason for a fall in the main stock index of more than 8 percent on Monday. EUROPE BRITAIN: FALKLAND STALEMATE A third round of talks between Britain, Argentina and the Falkland Islands on resuming air links to the South Atlantic archipelago and allowing Argentine passport holders to land there reached a stalemate in London.
11 7 vital NYT19990730.0352 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina _ Before the ink was even dry, President Carlos Saul Menem called his recent agreement with Britain to allow Argentine tourists to visit the Falkland Islands for the first time since the 1982 Falkland war" the crown jewel" of his 10 years in office.
11 7 vital NYT19990730.0352 BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Before the ink was even dry, President Carlos Saul Menem called his recent agreement with Britain to allow Argentine tourists to visit the Falkland Islands for the first time since the 1982 Falkland war " the crown jewel " of his 10 years in office.
11 8 okay XIE19970829.0073 Experts from both Britain and Argentina, including consultants nominated by the Falkland (Malvinas) islanders, will meet in London from September 15 to work on outstanding legislative, environmental and safety issues, diplomatic sources are quoted by press reports as saying today.
11 9 vital XIE19960530.0263 "Since we Argentines do not recognize the legitimate rights of British dominion over the Malvinas Islands, we will not recognize the island's independence by invoking self-determination," the minister said in a signed letter made public today.
11 9 vital XIE19980103.0033 Meanwhile, Blair expressed his conviction of protecting security and freedom of the Falkland (Malvinas) islanders, saying the Labor government had demonstrated its support for the 2,500 Falklanders' right of self-determination.
12 10 okay NYT19990402.0205 If true, the assassination would mark the first paramilitary attack in Ecuador and a widening of the Colombian conflict, which has already spilled into Panama and Venezuela.
12 2 vital NYT19991007.0384 FARC rebels regularly slip into Venezuela to escape the Colombian army, run guns and pull off kidnappings.
12 2 vital XIE19960107.0129 The arrests followed a three-month investigation on reports of extortions committed by Colombina left-wing guerrillas operating across the border in Venezuela. The suspected guerrillas were allegedly raising "revolutionary tax" from local farmers and businessmen, a Defense Ministry spokesman said. Colombia and Venezuela pledged last November to intensify their common fight against violence, guerrilla and drug trafficking and mark their 2,200km border with signposts.
12 2 vital XIE19960107.0129 The arrests followed a three-month investigation on reports of extortions committed by Colombina left-wing guerrillas operating across the border in Venezuela. The suspected guerrillas were allegedly raising "revolutionary tax" from local farmers and businessmen, a Defense Ministry spokesman said. Colombia and Venezuela pledged last November to intensify their common fight against violence, guerrilla and drug trafficking and mark their 2,200km border with signposts. In a separate incident, Venezuelan Defense Minister Moises Orozco admitted a Venezuelan army patrol mistakenly entered Colombian territory but blamed the incursion on border demarcation problems.
12 3 okay APW19981101.0947 Fighting raged all day Sunday in a remote state capital near the Brazilian border after several hundred leftist rebels attacked a police base before dawn, killing at least four police officers, wounding seven and cutting off communications.
12 4 okay APW20000402.0056 Guerrillas from the National Liberation Army and the People's Liberation Army unleashed automatic fire Saturday night against guards at the Modelo jail in Cucuta near the Venezuelan border, said regional police commander Col. Rafael Cepeda.
12 4 okay NYT20000824.0315 and Venezuela, which has long complained of Colombian guerrilla incursions, has also beefed up its border guard, which now stands at an estimated 25,000 troops.
12 6 okay XIE19970309.0178 Two Brazilian engineers were released today by the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) after seven months of captivity, a local television station reported.
12 7 okay NYT19990402.0205 Paramilitaries have raided Panamanian villages and have gone after Colombian guerrillas who kidnap and blackmail ranchers in Venezuela.
12 7 okay NYT19991007.0384 FARC rebels regularly slip into Venezuela to escape the Colombian army, run guns and pull off kidnappings.
12 7 okay NYT20000824.0315 this week, one of the leading commanders of the National Liberation Army, the second largest guerrilla group here, announced that he had reached a formal agreement with Venezuela that included a cease-fire along the border.
12 7 okay XIE19990313.0175 Spokesmen of ELN, the second largest rebel group in Columbia after the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC), contacted the El Universal newspaper specifically to deny any involvement in the abduction of a Venezuelan cattleman, Eudes Acosta, saying he must have been taken in the state of Zulia by the common criminals who committed the crime in the name of the ELN.
12 8 okay NYT19990305.0408 BOGOTA, Colombia _ The bullet-riddled bodies of three Americans kidnapped last week by suspected Colombian guerrillas were discovered Friday just across the border in Venezuela, officials said.
12 8 okay NYT19991007.0387 For example, instead of pinpointing top-echelon commanders like Grannobles or Jorge Briceno, the FARC initially blamed the killings on a rebel named Gildardo.
12 8 okay NYT19991007.0387 However, moments later, word came that three bodies had turned up on the Venezuelan border.
12 8 okay XIE19991028.0308 The three U.S. citizens, who were doing research on indigenous tribes in Colombia, were kidnapped by FARC members in February and their bodies were found in March on the Venezuelan side of the Arauca River.
12 8 okay XIE20000824.0276 " The U.S. policy toward the FARC is very clear : we won't have, on our government's behalf, any contact until the murderers of these American workers are delivered to justice, " said the new ambassador.
12 9 vital APW19990809.0236 - Fourteen people discovered in Colombia after their plane was hijacked in Venezuela more than a week ago were safe and in good health, Venezuela's interior minister said.
12 9 vital XIE19990810.0351 After mysteriously disappearing 10 days ago near the border with Colombia, the 14-passenger twin-engined Beechcraft, owned by Venezuelan company Avior, was flown back on Sunday by its pilot Hector Hernandez to Vara de Maria airport in Guasdualito.
12 9 vital XIE19990810.0351 In a communique issued Sunday, leftist guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) claimed that the plane had been hijacked by Venezuelan dissidents and that FARC came across the aircraft after hijackers had abandoned it on a clandestine landing strip in the jungle.
13 2 okay APW19990811.0314 Indian defense officials said the Atlantique could carry Exocet air-to-air missiles, although Pakistan said its plane was unarmed.
13 2 okay APW19990811.0315 Indian defense officials said the Atlantique could carry Exocet air-to-air missiles, although Pakistan said its plane was unarmed.
13 2 okay XIE19990811.0040 an Indian Air Force official said that the Pakistani aircraft, a French-made Breguet Atlantique which has a range of about 9,000 kilometers, was capable of carrying two "AS 12 or AM 39" Exocet missiles, besides torpedoes and depth charges.
13 2 okay XIE19990811.0040 An Indian Air Force official said that the Pakistani aircraft, a French-made Breguet Atlantique which has a range of about 9,000 kilometers, was capable of carrying two "AS 12 or AM 39" Exocet missiles, besides torpedoes and depth charges
13 2 okay XIE19990811.0040 An Indian Air Force official said that the Pakistani aircraft, a French-made Breguet Atlantique which has a range of about 9,000 kilometers, was capable of carrying two "AS 12 or AM 39" Exocet missiles, besides torpedoes and depth charges.
13 2 okay XIE19990811.0040 An Indian Air Force official said that the Pakistani aircraft, a French-made Breguet Atlantique which has a range of about 9,000 kilometers, was capable of carrying two "AS 12 or AM 39" Exocet missiles, besides torpedoes and depth charges. With one of its Atlantique being shot down, Pakistan now has three of these aircraft along with three long-range U.S.-made P3C Orion planes for maritime reconnaissance.
13 2 okay XIE19990811.0040 Indian Air Force official said that Pakistani aircraft, French-made Breguet Atlantique which has range of about 9,000 kilometers, was capable of carrying two " AS 12 or AM 39 " Exocet missiles, besides torpedoes and depth charges
13 3 vital XIE19960906.0229 An intelligence data system was established between the defense ministries of France and Britain shortly after the war began, the sources told the magazine. Information provided to the Britons was mainly about the French weapons sold to the Argentine military. In another development, France held back an Argentina-bound cargo of eight Exocet missiles. The Argentine navy stirred a sensation by sanking British destroyer Sheffield with an Exocet in the early stage of the war which unfolded around and on the disputed islands.
13 3 vital XIE19960906.0229 in another development, France held back an Argentina-bound cargo of eight Exocet missiles.
13 3 vital XIE19960906.0229 In another development, France held back an Argentina-bound cargo of eight Exocet missiles.
13 3 vital XIE19960906.0229 The Argentine navy stirred a sensation by sanking British destroyer Sheffield with an Exocet in the early stage of the war which unfolded around and on the disputed islands.
13 4 vital APW20000711.0175 that Iranian-fired missile was an Exocet, made by France, which is expected to release a new version of that has an increased range of 45 miles.
13 4 vital APW20000711.0175 That Iranian-fired missile was an Exocet, made by France, which is expected to release a new version of that has an increased range of 45 miles.
13 4 vital APW20000711.0175 These new missiles are faster, stealthier, and can fly at lower altitudes than the type that hit the Perry-class frigate USS Stark in 1987, killing 37 sailors. That Iranian-fired missile was an Exocet, made by France, which is expected to release a new version of that has an increased range of 45 miles.
13 4 vital APW20000711.0175 These new missiles are faster, stealthier, and can fly at lower altitudes than the type that hit the Perry-class frigate USS Stark in 1987, killing 37 sailors.That Iranian-fired missile was an Exocet, made by France, which is expected to release a new version of that has an increased range of 45 miles.
13 5 vital APW19981001.0479 NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus marked its 38th independence anniversary Thursday with an hour-long military parade. The parade, which included heavy Russian T-80 tanks, lighter armor and French anti-aircraft Exocet missiles, is ``an example of the defense capability of Cyprus,'' said President Glafcos Clerides.
13 5 vital APW19981001.0479 NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Cyprus marked its 38th independence anniversary Thursday with an hour-long military parade.The parade, which included heavy Russian T-80 tanks, lighter armor and French anti-aircraft Exocet missiles, is ``an example of the defense capability of Cyprus,'' said President Glafcos Clerides.
13 5 vital APW19981001.0479 the parade, which included heavy Russian T-80 tanks, lighter armor and French anti-aircraft Exocet missiles, is "an example of the defense capability of Cyprus," said President Glafcos Clerides.
13 5 vital APW19981001.0479 The parade, which included heavy Russian T-80 tanks, lighter armor and French anti-aircraft Exocet missiles, is " an example of the defense capability of Cyprus, " said President Glafcos Clerides.
13 5 vital APW19981001.0479 The parade, which included heavy Russian T-80 tanks, lighter armor and French anti-aircraft Exocet missiles, is" an example of the defense capability of Cyprus," said President Glafcos Clerides.
13 7 vital XIE19970625.0057 Anti-ship missile decoys called Nulka are capable of luring missiles, such as French-designed Exocet, away from their targets, he said
13 7 vital XIE19970625.0057 Australian Defense Minister Ian McLachlan said here today, "It is a major export and it's a major defense industry success for Australia."The anti-ship missile decoys called Nulka are capable of luring missiles, such as the French-designed Exocet, away from their targets, he said.
13 7 vital XIE19970625.0057 the anti-ship missile decoys called Nulka are capable of luring missiles, such as the French-designed Exocet, away from their targets, he said.
13 7 vital XIE19970625.0057 The anti-ship missile decoys called Nulka are capable of luring missiles, such as the French-designed Exocet, away from their targets, he said
13 7 vital XIE19970625.0057 The anti-ship missile decoys called Nulka are capable of luring missiles, such as the French-designed Exocet, away from their targets, he said.
14 10 vital APW19981020.0735 In May, the U.S. undersecretary of state, Thomas Pickering, said Iraq sells more than 200,000 barrels of oil illegally each day.
14 10 vital NYT19980618.0375 The Turkish and Persian Gulf routes smuggle roughly equal amounts of oil and together account for up to 10 percent of Iraq's export capacity, U.S. officials estimate.
14 10 vital NYT20000323.0429 According to Western diplomats who heard Moore's briefing, Iraq was able to illegally export 1, 868, 466 barrels of oil in 1996, 10, 497, 000 barrels the following year, 13, 296, 000 barrels in 1998 and 7, 557, 838 barrels in 1999.
14 1 vital APW20000420.0171 - In enforcing U. N. sanctions against Iraq, authorities have caught 17 ships for suspected oil smuggling this year, nearly as many as during all of 1999, the Pentagon said Thursday.
14 1 vital NYT20000131.0443 In the same month, Navy warships boarded only 36 ships and seized only 4. According to American intelligence estimates, Iraq was able to smuggle out a record amount of 317,000 metric tons of oil, or more than 2.3 million barrels, in December alone.
14 2 vital NYT20000405.0287 two weeks after the United States warned that increased oil smuggling from Iraq could not be stopped without Iran's help, the Iranian government said Wednesday that it had seized a tanker illegally exporting Iraqi oil as it passed through Iranian waters.
14 2 vital NYT20000405.0287 UNITED NATIONS _ Two weeks after the United States warned that increased oil smuggling from Iraq could not be stopped without Iran's help, the Iranian government said Wednesday that it had seized a tanker illegally exporting Iraqi oil as it passed through Iranian waters.
14 2 vital XIE20000708.0035 The Iranian elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) claimed to have intercepted 12 oil tankers smuggling oil from Iraq in April for violating Iranian territorial waters.
14 3 okay APW19980619.1214 About 45, 000 barrels of oil a day are smuggled into Turkey from Iraq in an operation that has gone on for years, the State Department said Friday.
14 3 okay NYT19980618.0375 One energy expert in the Turkish government who spoke on the condition of anonymity estimated that Iraqi smuggling now accounts for about 25 percent of the Turkish fuel market, making it a significant concern to international oil companies trying to compete in Turkey.
14 3 okay NYT19980618.0375 with no American or allied effort to impede the traffic, between 50,000 and 60,000 barrels of Iraqi oil and fuel products a day are now being smuggled along the Turkish route, Clinton administration officials estimate.
14 3 okay NYT19980618.0375 With no American or allied effort to impede the traffic, between 50,000 and 60,000 barrels of Iraqi oil and fuel products a day are now being smuggled along the Turkish route, Clinton administration officials estimate.
14 3 okay NYT19980618.0375 With no American or allied effort to impede the traffic, between 50,000 and 60,000 barrels of Iraqi oil and fuel products a day are now being smuggled along the Turkish route, Clinton administration officials estimate. Iraq also smuggles oil by water, to Iran, Dubai and other spots. The Turkish and Persian Gulf routes smuggle roughly equal amounts of oil and together account for up to 10 percent of Iraq's export capacity, U.S. officials estimate.
14 4 okay APW20000203.0208 - A day after the Navy detained a Russian oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, the Clinton administration disclosed Thursday that it has been in contact with Russian officials for almost a month about the smuggling of Iraqi oil in violation of the U. N. economic embargo.
14 4 okay APW20000413.0045 U.S.: Russian Tanker Had Iraqi Oil By ROBERT BURNS, AP Military Writer WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tests of oil samples taken from a Russian tanker suspected of violating the U.N. embargo on Iraq show that it was loaded with petroleum products derived from both Iranian and Iraqi crude, two senior defense officials said.
14 4 okay NYT20000203.0354 The Volgoneft-147 tanker, flying a Russian flag, is only the second Russian vessel stopped by the international patrols since 1990, when Iraq was prohibited from selling oil on the open market as punishment for its invasion of Kuwait, Pentagon officials said. For the past month, the United States has warned the Russian government of its monitoring of two Russian tankers that had arrived on the Iraqi coast and appeared to be involved in smuggling oil.
14 4 okay NYT20000203.0354 WASHINGTON _ Two U.S. warships enforcing U.N. sanctions against Iraq seized a Russian tanker in the Persian Gulf on Thursday after boarding it and discovering evidence that it might be smuggling oil out of southern Iraq, a Pentagon spokesman said. A lightly armed boarding party from the guided missile cruiser Monterey landed on the tanker by helicopter Wednesday after repeated attempts to get the tanker to respond to radio queries about its cargo, a spokesman said.
14 5 vital APW20000209.0157 ``The amount of oil smuggled out of Iraq has doubled since August last year, when oil prices began to increase,'' Gradeck said in a telephone interview Wednesday from Bahrain.
14 5 vital NYT20000323.0429 If current prices stay high, it is estimated that Iraq will sell about 4.8 tons of illegal gas oil - akin to diesel fuel - this year.
14 5 vital NYT20000323.0429 UNITED NATIONS _ Steeply rising oil prices have brought a huge increase in the smuggling of Iraqi oil, the U.S. coordinator of the international fleet that patrols the waters off Iraq told a Security Council committee Thursday.
14 7 okay XIE19980121.0039 ABU DHABI, January 20 (Xinhua) -- The United Arab Emirates (UAE) remained firmly committed to the U.N. ban on smuggling of Iraqi oil, the UAE's WAM news agency quoted a senior official as saying Tuesday. The UAE has been implementing the decisions taken last year which provide for confiscating any vessel breaking the U.N. ban, UAE's Minister of Sate for Foreign Affairs Sheikh Hamdan Bin Zayed al-Nahyan told WAM.
14 9 vital APW20000411.0276 Last month, the U.S. commander of the multinational force patrolling the Gulf said Iraq was smuggling record amounts of oil by paying off Iran and using its coastal waters to avoid detection by the patrol force.
14 9 vital APW20000413.0045 Cohen said Iraq has been smuggling increasing amounts of oil this year as the international price has risen, and that Iran has helped by allowing ships bearing Iraqi oil to enter its territorial waters and offload the oil onto other ships -- a procedure that nets Iran millions of dollars.
14 9 vital NYT20000405.0287 ``In the past, Iran has taken measures to halt smuggling along its coast, and we hope this is an indication they intend to do so vigorously again,'' Rubin said. On March 23, Vice Adm. Charles Moore, the U.S. coordinator of an international fleet that patrols the Persian Gulf off Iraq and intercepts illegal shipments, told the Security Council sanctions committee on Iraq that oil smuggling had increased significantly since the fall, with much of the trade beginning in Iranian coastal waters.
14 9 vital NYT20000405.0287 on March 23, Vice Adm. Charles Moore, the U.S. coordinator of an international fleet that patrols the Persian Gulf off Iraq and intercepts illegal shipments, told the Security Council sanctions committee on Iraq that oil smuggling had increased significantly since the fall, with much of the trade beginning in Iranian coastal waters.
14 9 vital XIE20000708.0035 Iran on Saturday denied a recent report that Iraq has smuggled oil in violation of the U.N. sanctions imposed on it through Iran's Kish island in the Persian Gulf.
15 10 okay NYT20000306.0380 The 72 SU-27 fighters that China has bought from Russia could outmaneuver Taiwan's aging F-5s, but probably not the island's 150 F-16s, 60 French Mirage 2000 s or air defense batteries, which include advanced Patriot missiles.
15 11 okay APW20000929.0114 - A U.S. missile sale to Taiwan includes a highly unusual condition: that they will not be turned over to the island democracy unless China threatens an attack, a senior U.S. defense official said Friday.
15 11 okay APW20000929.0114 He said U.S. officials believe China is pursuing the purchase or development of its own air-to-air missile with a beyond-visual-range capability, but the United States insisted that Taiwan not take direct possession of AIM-120C missiles for the time being.
15 1 okay NYT20000418.0278 China has vigorously opposed Taiwan's latest shopping list, especially its request for four Arleigh Burke-class destroyers with sophisticated radar and antimissile systems costing more than $1.5 billion each.
15 2 vital NYT20000208.0329 He said there has been no decision on Taiwan's request to buy American Aegis destroyers as a countermove to the Chinese purchases.
15 2 vital NYT20000315.0339 key to maintaining Taiwan's current air superiority is US willingness to supply it with advanced defense systems, such as forthcoming third-generation Patriot anti-missile batteries and warships fitted with Aegis anti-missile radar systems -- sales the United States is debating because of Beijing's vehement opposition.
15 3 vital APW20000418.0102 "The Chinese government urges the U.S. government ... to stop all arms sales to Taiwan, including the long-range warning radar and Aegis, so as not to obstruct the improvement of China-U.
15 3 vital APW20000418.0102 "The Chinese government urges the U.S. government ... to stop all arms sales to Taiwan, including the long-range warning radar and Aegis, so as not to obstruct the improvement of China-U.S. relations," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Sun Yuxi told reporters at a briefing Tuesday.
15 3 vital NYT20000229.0350 While China opposes any significant weapon sales to Taiwan, the Aegis-equipped warship is the most controversial, because it would involve a leap in Taiwan's technological level and because it could also, experts say, someday be adapted for use in the kind of upper-atmospheric missile defense that China has most vehemently condemned.
15 4 vital APW20000417.0180 Taiwan's failure to persuade the United States to sell it four high-tech Aegis warships has set back the island's hopes of bolstering its defenses in the face of mounting threats by China.
15 4 vital NYT20000418.0278 Leading Republican lawmakers accused Clinton administration of caving in to pressure from China by refusing to sell high-tech destroyers and other advanced weapons to Taiwan
15 4 vital NYT20000418.0278 leading Republican lawmakers accused the Clinton administration on Tuesday of caving in to pressure from China by refusing to sell high-tech destroyers and other advanced weapons to Taiwan.
15 4 vital NYT20000418.0278 Leading Republican lawmakers accused the Clinton administration on Tuesday of caving in to pressure from China by refusing to sell high-tech destroyers and other advanced weapons to Taiwan
15 4 vital NYT20000422.0040 The Clinton administration deferred the sale of four Aegis destroyers to Taiwan that were intended to counter the Chinese build-up of ballistic missiles.
15 5 okay APW19991006.0233 - Taiwan has received two new frigates from the United States, bolstering its ability to combat rival China's submarines, the navy said today.
15 5 okay NYT19980625.0452 In the last few years the Clinton administration has also notified Congress of some major sales, including, in January, three Knox-class frigates and antisubmarine missiles and launchers worth $ 300 million; last year 21 AH-1W Super Cobra attack helicopters worth $ 479 million, and, in 1996, two sales of Stinger ground-to-air missiles and launchers that totaled 1, 764 missiles for $ 885 million.
15 6 okay APW20000418.0034 The Pentagon recommended that the administration put off Taiwan's request to buy new weapons, including the destroyers, submarines and anti-submarine aircraft, in order to avoid angering China, which views Taiwan as a rebellious province.
15 6 okay APW20000418.0102 In reviewing Taiwan's annual arms shopping list, the Pentagon recommended that the administration put off Taiwan's request to buy four of the billion-dollar apiece destroyers, as well as submarines and anti-submarine aircraft, to avoid angering China.
15 6 okay NYT20000418.0278 the Senate majority leader, Trent Lott, said the administration's decision to bar the sale of Aegis destroyers, submarines and anti-submarine warfare aircraft to Taiwan was based on "threats emanating from Beijing," rather than on Taiwan's legitimate defense needs.
15 6 okay NYT20000418.0278 The Senate majority leader, Trent Lott, said the administration's decision to bar the sale of Aegis destroyers, submarines and anti-submarine warfare aircraft to Taiwan was based on "threats emanating from Beijing, " rather than on Taiwan's legitimate defense needs.
15 7 okay NYT19990429.0351 WASHINGTON - The United States has decided to sell an early-warning radar system to Taiwan that would allow the Taiwanese to monitor the launch of Chinese ballistic missiles or manned bombers, Clinton administration officials said Thursday.
15 7 okay NYT20000418.0003 WASHINGTON _ In a decision intended to avoid further roiling the tensions between China and Taiwan, the Clinton administration agreed on Monday to sell Taiwan upgraded versions of three missiles and a long-range radar system, but not four technology-laden destroyers.
15 8 vital NYT19990429.0351 "We say that any arms sales to Taiwan by any country in the world constitutes an infringement on Chinese sovereignty, an interference in our internal affairs."
15 8 vital XIE19990301.0094 He said that, because Taiwan is an inalienable part of Chinese territory, the Taiwan issue is an internal affair of China's and no foreign power has the right to interfere.
15 8 vital XIE19990301.0094 The Pentagon recently submitted the report to the U.S. Congress to make an excuse to sell advanced weapons to Taiwan, Zhu said, calling this "serious interference in China's internal affairs ".
15 8 vital XIE19990703.0208 He stressed that the United States must whole-heartedly recognize the seriousness of the event, bear all responsibilities for it, continue the investigation, give a thorough clarification of the truth of the matter, take those responsible to justice, and pay adequate and effective compensation immediately to relatives of those killed and to those wounded in the bombing as well as for property damages of the Chinese embassy in Belgrade, so that the issue could be settled in a responsible way as seen by the Chinese government and the Chinese people. Noting that the issue of Taiwan is China's internal affairs, Li urged the United States to abide by the three joint communiques between the two countries as well as commitments it has made on the issue, stop selling advanced weaponry to Taiwan, stand against the consideration of the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act which seriously interferes with China's internal affairs, so that new damages to the Sino-U.S. relations could be avoided.
15 8 vital XIE19990703.0208 Noting that issue of Taiwan is China's internal affairs, Li urged United States to abide by three joint communiques between two countries as well as commitments it has made on issue, stop selling advanced weaponry to Taiwan, stand against consideration of Taiwan Security Enhancement Act which seriously interferes with China's internal affairs, so that new damages to Sino-U.S. relations could be avoided
15 8 vital XIE19990703.0208 noting that the issue of Taiwan is China's internal affairs, Li urged the United States to abide by the three joint communiques between the two countries as well as commitments it has made on the issue, stop selling advanced weaponry to Taiwan, stand against the consideration of the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act which seriously interferes with China's internal affairs, so that new damages to the Sino-U.S. relations could be avoided.
15 8 vital XIE19990703.0208 Noting that the issue of Taiwan is China's internal affairs, Li urged the United States to abide by the three joint communiques between the two countries as well as commitments it has made on the issue, stop selling advanced weaponry to Taiwan, stand against the consideration of the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act which seriously interferes with China's internal affairs, so that new damages to the Sino-U.S. relations could be avoided
15 8 vital XIE19990703.0208 Noting that the issue of Taiwan is China's internal affairs, Li urged the United States to abide by the three joint communiques between the two countries as well as commitments it has made on the issue, stop selling advanced weaponry to Taiwan, stand against the consideration of the Taiwan Security Enhancement Act which seriously interferes with China's internal affairs, so that new damages to the Sino-U.S. relations could be avoided.
15 9 vital NYT20000803.0330 The F-16 sale, the last major American arms sale to Taiwan, infuriated Beijing and complicated already difficult relations between the United States and China.
16 1 okay XIE19990813.0009 JERUSALEM, Israel agreed to speed up shipments of arms and military equipment to India during the recent incidents in Kashmir, the local daily Haaretz reported Thursday.
16 2 vital APW19980611.0425 Foreign Report said Israel's military cooperation with India is on three levels: the Mossad spy agency, the military intelligence organization known as AMAN, and the Ministry of Defense which is trying to sell Israeli arms to India.
16 2 vital XIE19970216.0106 Israel has been steadily increasing the sale of military equipment to India, although officials refuse to release figures.
16 2 vital XIE19980311.0041 Local daily The Jerusalem Post reported that India purchased two Super Dvora Mark II attack boats from Israel last year and has been licensed to build another four. Israeli President Ezer Weizman also visited India in January 1997. One of his aims was to push for an increase in defense cooperation. During his trip, the two countries decided to exchange military attaches.
16 3 okay XIE19990812.0191 At the foundation of the relationship between Israel and India is an understanding of the geopolitical similarity between the two countries, both surrounded by " strong and hostile neighbors ", the daily said.
16 4 vital APW19980611.0425 In return, India has given permission for Israeli military intelligence experts to undertake missions on Indian territory, Foreign Report said in its latest issue published Wednesday.
16 4 vital APW19980611.0425 Israel is providing India with intelligence on Pakistan from its spy satellite, according to a political affairs newsletter published by Jane's Information Group.
16 5 vital APW19980603.0293 U.S. media reported that a key scientist in India's nuclear program, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, visited Israel several times in 1996 and 1997.
16 5 vital XIE19960715.0073 In July last year, India's former defense secretary K. P. A. Nambiar visited Israel.
16 5 vital XIE19980311.0041 Israeli President Ezer Weizman also visited India in January 1997
16 6 okay APW19980603.0293 Foreign reports said Israel and India have set up projects in several defense research areas, including guidance technology, special materials and electronic warfare.
16 6 okay XIE19970216.0106 Last December, Israel and India signed cooperation agreements in several fields, including technological research and development.
17 10 vital NYT19991110.0427 The Israeli government has assured administration officials that the sale does not involve U.S. technology, although a Pentagon official said that, given the amount of arms the United States shares with Israel, it was difficult to separate U.S. military technology from Israel's own. ``Given the very close relationship that we have, there is always the danger that some of this technology could pass from Israel to China,'' the official said. Administration officials have repeatedly raised the issue with the Israelis, as Defense Secretary William Cohen did on his trip to Israel last month, the officials said.
17 10 vital NYT20000202.0416 One concern for Defense Department officials is that they suspect that Israel has shared sensitive U.S. military technology with India and China, customers of its own small but vibrant arms industry.
17 11 okay APW20000415.0017 Washington has said the sale could upset the balance of power in Asia, at a time when tensions are rising between China and Taiwan.
17 11 okay APW20000712.0115 The United States had insisted that Israel scrap the sale of the radar plane, called PHALCON, pointing to tensions between China and Taiwan and expressing concern that China could use the plane to track American planes should hostilities erupt.
17 11 okay NYT20000712.0350 The Clinton administration said it was most concerned because the system significantly increased the capabilities of the Chinese to conduct operations in and around the Taiwan Strait. (STORY CAN END HERE. OPTIONAL MATERIAL FOLLOWS) The Israeli argument that a closer relationship with the Chinese military would allow Israel to dissuade Beijing from supplying weaponry to Iran and Iran did not win many converts in the United States.
17 13 okay NYT19991116.0136 CHINA-ARMS ( Beijing ) _ China denies that it is buying arms _ and an AWACs-type plane _ from Israel.
17 14 vital APW20000413.0031 Israel's arms sales to China date back to secret deals in the early 1980 s, well before the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992.
17 14 vital APW20000413.0031 Israel's arms sales to China date back to secret deals in the early 1980s, well before the two countries established diplomatic relations in 1992.
17 15 vital NYT20000403.0294 Israel aided the ongoing development of China's F-10 fighter jet, which is expected to carry a version of Israel's Pitun missile.
17 15 vital NYT20000412.0313 U.S. officials cite China's new J-10 jet fighter, which defense experts say is based on an Israeli prototype developed with U.S. aid. The Israelis continue to argue that a closer relationship with the Chinese military can help Israel dissuade Beijing from supplying sophisticated weaponry to Iraq and Iran, despite persistent reports that some Israeli-assisted Chinese arms technology may have already indirectly found its way to Iran.
17 16 okay NYT20000403.0294 Israel aided the ongoing development of China's F-10 fighter jet, which is expected to carry a version of Israel's Pitun missile.
17 1 vital NYT19991110.0427 Israel is China's second largest supplier.
17 2 okay NYT19991110.0427 By far, its biggest arms supplier has been Russia, which has sold China MiG fighter jets, surface warships and submarines, and missiles.
17 3 vital NYT19991110.0427 Israel has long had a close, secretive military relationship with China that, according to arms experts, has resulted in billions of dollars of weapons sales in recent years and raised a variety of concerns in the United States.
17 3 vital NYT19991116.0143 American defense officials say that Israel has secretly sold China billions of dollars worth of weapons over recent years, in part to help sustain Israel's domestic defense industry.
17 5 okay NYT20000405.0296 If the sale goes through, Beijing may permit diplomatic relations with Israel to blossol; but if it does not, nobody can say what missiles or nuclear technology an angry China may sell to enemies of Israel like Iran or Iraq.
17 5 okay NYT20000412.0313 U.S. officials cite China's new J-10 jet fighter, which defense experts say is based on an Israeli prototype developed with U.S. aid. The Israelis continue to argue that a closer relationship with the Chinese military can help Israel dissuade Beijing from supplying sophisticated weaponry to Iraq and Iran, despite persistent reports that some Israeli-assisted Chinese arms technology may have already indirectly found its way to Iran.
17 6 vital APW20000612.0059 Israel is building a plane for China and equipping it with the U.S.- developed PHALCON airborne early warning radar system at a cost of $250 million.
17 6 vital NYT19991110.0418 Since there is no US technology in the AWACS Israel is selling to China and since Israel never joined the post-Tiananmen embargo on military sales to Beijing, there was no barrier but the seller's self-interest against the sale.
17 6 vital NYT20000410.0293 Much is on the table, as well, regarding Israeli-China relations. Clinton's not happy about it. The specific irritant is Israel's plan to sell China an advanced Israeli-built airborne radar system mounted on a Russian aircraft.
17 6 vital NYT20000630.0209 The Phalcon early-warning radar system installed on the Chinese plane showcased all the strengths of IAI - as the state-owned company is known - its technological prowess and its success in developing new markets abroad to help pay for Israel's weapons.
17 7 okay APW20000413.0031 However, Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh said Israel was committed to selling at least one surveillance plane to China, which reportedly has the option to order three to seven more.
17 7 okay NYT20000326.0116 Brother Jiang is offering $1 billion for four of those babies, but it kinda rubs Americans the wrong way for Israel to sell China the means to knock out the U.S. Navy in the Taiwan Strait.
17 8 okay APW20000410.0101 Israel, for instance, plans to go ahead with a plan to mount an advanced radar system on a Russian-made cargo airplane and sell it to China despite an appeal from the Pentagon to cancel delivery.
17 8 okay NYT19991110.0418 The AWACS equipment, which Israel has installed in a Russian transport plane, the Ilyushin-76, will enable the Chinese Air Force to obtain a radar picture of missiles and planes entering China's airspace at low altitude.
17 8 okay NYT20000410.0293 Much is on the table, as well, regarding Israeli-China relations. Clinton's not happy about it. The specific irritant is Israel's plan to sell China an advanced Israeli-built airborne radar system mounted on a Russian aircraft.
17 9 okay APW20000712.0115 Prime Minister Ehud Barak informed President Clinton at the Mideast summit in nearby Maryland that he was canceling a planned quarter-billion-dollar sale of an advanced airborne radar warning system to China, officials announced Wednesday.
17 9 okay NYT20000712.0395 THURMONT, Md. _ Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak has canceled plans to sell a $250 million military radar plane to China, eliminating a major irritant for Washington and easing the way for Israel to obtain more U.S. aid to secure a peace agreement with the Palestinians.
17 9 okay NYT20000817.0293 Relations were jolted last month when Israel reneged on a $ 250-million contract to sell China's military an advanced airborne radar system after protests by the Clinton administration and members of Congress.
18 1 vital APW19980603.0293 U.S. media reported that a key scientist in India's nuclear program, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, visited Israel several times in 1996 and 1997.
18 1 vital APW19980603.0293 U.S. media reported that a key scientist in India's nuclear program, A.P. J. Abdul Kalam, visited Israel several times in 1996 and 1997.
18 2 vital APW19980619.0468 Ayub charged that there was close military cooperation between India and Israel. ``In the nuclear tests which India conducted on the 11th and 13th of last month, Israel supplied India with the devices for carrying out simultaneous tests, at an interval of one thousandth of a second,'' Ayub alleged.
18 2 vital APW19980619.0468 "In the nuclear tests which India conducted on the 11th and 13th of last month, Israel supplied India with the devices for carrying out simultaneous tests, at an interval of one thousandth of a second," Ayub alleged.
18 2 vital APW19980619.0623 " In the nuclear tests which India conducted on the 11th and 13th of last month, Israel supplied India with the devices for carrying out simultaneous tests, at an interval of one thousandth of a second," Ayub said. India
18 2 vital XIE19980718.0111 Pakistan has accused Israel of providing India with a system which helped it carry out the tests.
18 3 okay APW19980603.1337 India's ambassador Ranjan Mathay said that India had not consulted Israel before carrying out its tests last month and denied nuclear cooperation.
18 3 okay APW19980605.1319 in a related development, India denied as fictitious and baseless local newspaper reports that it had struck secret deals with Israel to promote its nuclear program.
18 3 okay APW19980619.0468 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman, Shai Bazak, denied charges, saying Israel did not have any role in India's nuclear tests
18 3 okay APW19980619.0468 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman, Shai Bazak, denied the charges, saying Israel did not have any role in India's nuclear tests
18 3 okay APW19980619.0468 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's spokesman, Shai Bazak, denied the charges, saying Israel did not have any role in India's nuclear tests.
18 4 okay APW19980603.0293 Israeli officials feared that a Shahak visit at this time would encourage baseless speculation in the Islamic world that Israel and India are cooperating on the development of nuclear weapons, Yediot said.
18 4 okay APW19980603.0293 JERUSALEM (AP) _ Israel's armed forces chief of staff postponed a visit to New Delhi to avoid appearances that Israel is siding with India against Pakistan, an Israeli official said Wednesday. Tensions between traditional rivals India and Pakistan have grown considerably since both carried out nuclear tests last month. India was the first to conduct the tests, and Pakistan reportedly suspected Israel of plotting to launch an air strike against the Pakistani nuclear reactor with India's help to thwart Pakistani tests.
18 7 vital XIE20000722.0013 reports have said that during a visit to Israel last month, Indian Home Affairs Minister Lal Krishna Advani allegedly pledged his support for increased nuclear cooperation between India and Israel.
18 7 vital XIE20000722.0013 Reports have said that during a visit to Israel last month, Indian Home Affairs Minister Lal Krishna Advani allegedly pledged his support for increased nuclear cooperation between India and Israel.
18 7 vital XIE20000722.0013 The Cairo-based Arab League accused India and Israel on July 14 of seeking to develop nuclear ties and warned against negative impact on Arabs. Reports have said that during a visit to Israel last month, Indian Home Affairs Minister Lal Krishna Advani allegedly pledged his support for increased nuclear cooperation between India and Israel. The embassy clarified that Advani's visit to Israel focused on bilateral relations and issues of internal security and cooperation in fighting terrorism, but that nuclear cooperation was never discussed.
18 8 okay APW19980603.0293 foreign reports said Israel and India have set up projects in several defense research areas, including guidance technology, special materials and electronic warfare.
18 8 okay APW19980611.0425 Despite last month's nuclear tests by India and then Pakistan, the weekly publication predicted that Israeli-Indian military cooperation will continue.
18 8 okay XIE19970216.0106 Last December, Israel and India signed cooperation agreements in several fields, including technological research and development.
18 8 okay XIE19990812.0191 Israel subsequently signed a contract for the sale of sophisticated electronic equipment to India, long delayed because of the American restrictions
18 8 okay XIE19990812.0191 Israel subsequently signed contract for sale of sophisticated electronic equipment to India, long delayed because of American restrictions
18 8 okay XIE19990812.0191 The United States, which for years supported Pakistan, has recently improved relations with New Delhi and removed restrictions on sales of arms to India, the daily said. Israel subsequently signed a contract for the sale of sophisticated electronic equipment to India, long delayed because of the American restrictions. Israel also helped India overcome certain problems with the United States following the imposition of American sanctions on India in response to India's nuclear test in May 1998, the daily said.
18 8 okay XIE20000722.0013 India on Saturday denied reports about its pledge to carry out nuclear cooperation with Israel, which has prompted condemnation throughout the Arab world.
19 1 vital APW20000614.0052 Syria's ruling Baath Party, the parliament and the military all have thrown their support behind Bashar Assad, whom his father had groomed to succeed him.
19 2 vital APW20000614.0052 Syria's ruling Baath Party, the parliament and the military all have thrown their support behind Bashar Assad, whom his father had groomed to succeed him.
19 3 vital APW20000614.0052 Syrian officials never commented, but Rifaat's military power base was believed to have been dismantled.
19 3 vital APW20000614.0052 Syria's ruling Baath Party, the parliament and the military all have thrown their support behind Bashar Assad, whom his father had groomed to succeed him.
19 3 vital NYT20000612.0316 these are the men who hold the reins of Syrian military power, in the secret services, in the special forces, in the counterintelligence units, the men who will have to ensure that Hafez Assad's recalcitrant brother Rifaat -- he who ran the Mezze Boulevard nightclubs two decades ago -- does not reach for the throne.
19 6 okay NYT19990508.0119 the president moved last year to eliminate two of Bashar's potential rivals, dismissing Assad's wayward brother, Rifaat, from his post as one of Syria's three vice presidents, and then dismissing the army chief of staff, Gen. Hikmat Shehabi.
19 6 okay NYT19991028.0250 But the president removed his brother from the nominal post of vice-president and Rifaat was expelled from the Baath party, forbidden ever to return.
19 6 okay NYT20000612.0360 DAMASCUS _ In a storyline as old as Shakespeare and as modern as ``The Sopranos,'' the exiled brother of the late Hafez Assad says he will return to Syria and challenge the ascendancy to power by Assad's son, Bashar. While a mournful Syria prepared for Tuesday's state funeral of Assad, the power struggle was set in motion by his younger brother Rifaat _ who in 1984 tried to topple Assad in a failed military coup and then was stripped of his title as vice president and eventually forced to flee.
19 6 okay NYT20000612.0360 While a mournful Syria prepared for Tuesday's state funeral of Assad, the power struggle was set in motion by his younger brother Rifaat - who in 1984 tried to topple Assad in a failed military coup and then was stripped of his title as vice president and eventually forced to flee
19 6 okay NYT20000612.0360 While a mournful Syria prepared for Tuesday's state funeral of Assad, the power struggle was set in motion by his younger brother Rifaat - who in 1984 tried to topple Assad in a failed military coup and then was stripped of his title as vice president and eventually forced to flee.
19 6 okay NYT20000612.0360 While mournful Syria prepared for's state funeral of Assad, power struggle was set in motion by his younger brother Rifaat - who in 1984 tried to topple Assad in failed military coup and then was stripped of his title as vice president and eventually forced to flee
19 7 okay APW20000611.0036 This largely depends on the response of Syria's political and military establishments to a hereditary-style power transfer and on whether another family member, his ambitious uncle Rifaat who has been banished to France since staging a 1984 coup attempt against Assad, would cause trouble.
19 7 okay APW20000613.0093 Assad's Brother in Southern Spain MARBELLA, Spain (AP) -- Rifaat Assad, the exiled brother of Syria's late President Hafez Assad, appeared in public Tuesday in this posh resort town in southern Spain and said he was in deep mourning.
19 7 okay APW20000613.0093 Rifaat Assad, exiled brother of Syria's late President Hafez Assad, appeared in public in this posh resort town in southern Spain and said he was in deep mourning
19 7 okay APW20000613.0093 Rifaat Assad, the exiled brother of Syria's late President Hafez Assad, appeared in public Tuesday in this posh resort town in southern Spain and said he was in deep mourning
19 7 okay APW20000618.0039 Spanish police urged the government last year to deny the exiled brother of Syria's late president Hafez Assad a residency permit on grounds that his bodyguards were troublemakers, but officials gave him one anyway, a newspaper said Sunday.
19 7 okay NYT20000612.0319 DAMASCUS, Syria - As Syria draped itself in black bunting Monday for state funeral of President Hafez Assad on Tuesday, a shadow fell over the preparations with reports that Assad's maverick, exiled brother has proclaimed himself the rightful heir to power.
19 7 okay NYT20000612.0691 ``I think it is totally appropriate that we pay respects to a historic figure and that we express our condolences to the people of Syria,'' Albright said. One person who did not appear was Hafez Assad's exiled younger brother Rifaat, who on Monday challenged his nephew's claim to power. Syrian officials said Rifaat would be arrested if he appeared, and he remained in Marbella, Spain.
19 7 okay NYT20000612.0691 one person who did not appear was Hafez Assad's exiled younger brother Rifaat, who on Monday challenged his nephew's claim to power.
19 8 okay NYT19991028.0252 With the closure of Rifaat's illegal port at Lattakia _ not to mention the reports of the killing of his retainers _ his brother, President Hafez Assad, appears to have cleared the way for his son Bashar as undisputed successor to the country he has led for almost three decades.
19 9 okay NYT20000612.0268 Also Monday, the London-based Al-Hayat Arabic newspaper reported that Syrian officials were ordered to arrest Rifaat Assad if he tries to enter the country.
19 9 okay NYT20000612.0269 Also Monday, the London-based Al-Hayat Arabic newspaper reported that Syrian officials were ordered to arrest Rifaat Assad if he tries to enter the country.
19 9 okay NYT20000612.0691 ``I think it is totally appropriate that we pay respects to a historic figure and that we express our condolences to the people of Syria,'' Albright said. One person who did not appear was Hafez Assad's exiled younger brother Rifaat, who on Monday challenged his nephew's claim to power. Syrian officials said Rifaat would be arrested if he appeared, and he remained in Marbella, Spain.
20 2 okay APW20000523.0137 Haddad, a renegade from the Lebanese army in the opening years of the 1975-90 civil war, founded the Army of Free Lebanon, forerunner of the South Lebanon Army.
21 1 vital APW19981202.1005 SANTA CATARINA, Honduras _ Widespread flooding from Hurricane Mitch has scattered land mines, and nobody knows where they wound up.
21 1 vital APW19990118.0211 In late October, Hurricane Mitch dumped intense rains over Central America, causing mudslides that dislodged land mines
21 1 vital APW19990118.0211 Searchers are trying to determine where overflowing rivers might have carried the mines, Sergio Ugarte, chief of Nicaragua's mine clearing brigades, told the newsweekly Confidencial.
21 1 vital XIE19981121.0168 "I just returned from Nicaragua and Honduras where the force of Hurricane Mitch, through mudslides and flooding, has created a new horror by displacing anti-personnel landmines into previously cleared areas," said International Co-operation Minister Diane Marleau.
21 2 vital XIE19981121.0168 " I just returned from Nicaragua and Honduras where the force of Hurricane Mitch, through mudslides and flooding, has created a new horror by displacing anti-personnel landmines into previously cleared areas," said International Co-operation Minister Diane Marleau.
21 2 vital XIE19981121.0168 "I just returned from Nicaragua and Honduras where the force of Hurricane Mitch, through mudslides and flooding, has created a new horror by displacing anti-personnel landmines into previously cleared areas," said International Co-operation Minister Diane Marleau.
21 3 okay APW19990118.0211 The U.S. military is helping Nicaragua locate land mines washed out of the ground by Hurricane Mitch, a Nicaraguan military officer said in a report published Monday.
21 3 okay XIE19981121.0168 "I just returned from Nicaragua and Honduras where the force of Hurricane Mitch, through mudslides and flooding, has created a new horror by displacing anti-personnel landmines into previously cleared areas," said International Co-operation Minister Diane Marleau.
21 3 okay XIE19981121.0168 "With the terrible legacy and new challenges presented in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, our efforts to alleviate human sufferin g caused by anti-personnel mines in this region have become even more important and urgent, " added the Foreign Minister.
21 3 okay XIE19981121.0168 "With the terrible legacy and new challenges presented in the aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, our efforts to alleviate human suffering caused by anti-personnel mines in this region have become even more important and urgent," added the Foreign Minister.
21 4 okay NYT19981221.0404 Mitch's heavy rains exposed or washed away hundreds of the weapons, several of which have killed or crippled farmers.
21 5 okay APW19981202.1174 In central Nicaragua this week, the army began mine sweeping outside the town of Muy Muy under a destroyed bridge, where officials found anti-personnel mines poking through the mud.
21 6 okay APW19981202.1174 But flooding unleashed by Hurricane Mitch a month ago scattered many of those mines across fields and villages.
21 7 okay APW19990118.0211 - The U.S. military is helping Nicaragua locate land mines washed out of the ground by Hurricane Mitch, a Nicaraguan military officer said in a report published Monday.
21 7 okay APW19990118.0211 The U.S. military is helping Nicaragua locate land mines washed out of the ground by Hurricane Mitch, a Nicaraguan military officer said in a report published Monday.
21 7 okay XIE19981121.0168 Canada Provides Aid for Mine Action Programs in Central OTTAWA, November 20 (Xinhua) -- Canada Friday announced that it will provide 3.7 million Canadian dollars (2.4 million U.S. dollars) for mine action programs in Central America.
22 14 okay APW19980723.0186 Also Thursday, the newspaper said Iraq will import 100 trucks from Algeria by the end of this year to use to distribute goods under the oil-for-food program.
22 14 okay XIE20000916.0064 "Malaysia has indeed benefited from the oil-for-food program," she said, adding that Iraq was Malaysia's 12th largest trade partner in West Asia last year. The Malaysian minister, heading a 70-member business delegation, arrived in Iraq on Thursday to explore the opportunity of expanding bilateral trade volume.
22 14 okay XIE20000916.0064 paduka Rafidah Aziz, Malaysian minister of international trade and industry, said at the Malaysia-Iraq Business Seminar that during the past seven phases of the U.N. oil-for-food program, Malaysia has exported goods worth over 320 million U.S. dollars to Iraq.
22 1 vital APW19980715.0526 The committee's approval brings the total value of contracts awarded to Jordan under the oil-for-food program to dlrs 92 million, an official of the ministry of industry and trade said.
22 1 vital XIE19961205.0111 local economists have noted that "Jordan is the first beneficiary after Iraq from the implementation of the oil-for-food agreement, just as Amman was the first to be hurt, after Iraq, by the trade embargo" which the U.N. imposed on Baghdad after Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.
22 1 vital XIE19971214.0220 Iraq has been Jordan's sole oil provider for years.
22 2 vital APW19981017.0288 His visit follows Iraq's recent warning that Turkey will lose business deals under the U. N.- approved oil-for-food deal if it carries out military threats against Syria.
22 2 vital XIE19980228.0066 " Friendly countries " will be given priority to sign oil contracts, said Rashid, adding that Iraq has concluded contracts with Russian, Chinese and Turkish oil companies to open up new oil-fields.
22 3 vital APW19980710.0451 Salam said his 40- member delegation includes representatives of Egyptian pharmaceutical companies, which have recently increased the sale of medicines to Iraq under its oil-for-food deal with the United Nations.
22 3 vital XIE19990824.0011 Trade relations between Iraq and Egypt have greatly developed under oil-food program though two Arab countries have not restored full diplomatic ties cut off following 1991 Gulf War
22 3 vital XIE19990824.0011 Trade relations between Iraq and Egypt have greatly developed under the oil-food program though the two Arab countries have not restored full diplomatic ties cut off following the 1991 Gulf War
22 3 vital XIE20000313.0096 other Gulf and Middle East Arab countries, including Jordan, Syria and Egypt, have benefitted from doing business with Iraq.
22 5 vital APW19980805.0629 Egypt and Syria have improved their relations with Iraq in recent months as both nations increased their trade with Baghdad under the oil-for-food deal.
22 5 vital XIE19980820.0200 Under the joint agreement, the two countries agreed to reopen the pipeline from Iraq's northern oil fields in Kirkuk to the Syrian port city Banias, and to construct a new pipeline with a capacity larger than the current one to meet Iraq's exporting requirements in the future.
22 5 vital XIE19990219.0018 Preparations for reopening an Iraqi-Syrian oil pipeline are under way and progress has been made on the Iraqi side, said an Iraqi oil official on Thursday.
22 5 vital XIE20000313.0096 other Gulf and Middle East Arab countries, including Jordan, Syria and Egypt, have benefitted from doing business with Iraq.
22 7 okay APW19980616.0942 Russia has also taken advantage of Iraq's oil-for-food program, an exception to the sanctions allowing Baghdad to sell oil to buy food and humanitarian supplies to soften the impact on ordinary Iraqis.
22 7 okay APW19980623.1029 Russian companies have signed contracts with Iraq's national oil company for 94 million barrels of oil under the oil-for-food deal, the Interfax news agency said Tuesday.
22 7 okay XIE19970425.0018 Russia and Iraq signed " Vast Strategic Contract " on March 21 to develop Iraq's western oil fields, which has proven reserves of almost 15 billion barrels crude oil and it is estimated to be the largest oil field in Iraq.
22 7 okay XIE19980228.0066 " Friendly countries " will be given priority to sign oil contracts, said Rashid, adding that Iraq has concluded contracts with Russian, Chinese and Turkish oil companies to open up new oil-fields.
22 8 okay APW19980602.0473 France, Russia, and China, which all advocated lifting the sanctions on Iraq, have also been involved the most of the oil-for-food program that began in December 1996.
23 1 vital XIE20000328.0271 Mercosur countries, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and associate members of Bolivia and Chile, made the call in a joint statement prior to the April 24 conference in New York to review implementation of the treaty that has been ratified by about 170 countries.
23 1 vital XIE20000328.0271 The South American Common Market (Mercosur) members on Monday urged countries which have not yet signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) to sign the pact unconditionally.
23 2 okay NYT19980602.0262 In South America, Argentina, and Brazil pulled back from the brink of a nuclear arms race.
23 2 okay NYT19980602.0262 The United States and the former Soviet Union have dismantled thousands of nuclear warheads. South Africa, a former emerging nuclear power, stopped its nuclear program before reaching weapon capacity. In South America, Argentina, and Brazil pulled back from the brink of a nuclear arms race. Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan have all agreed to rid their territories of nuclear warheads deployed during the Soviet era.
23 2 okay XIE20000328.0271 Mercosur countries, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and associate members of Bolivia and Chile, made the call in a joint statement prior to the April 24 conference in New York to review implementation of the treaty that has been ratified by about 170 countries.
23 3 okay XIE20000328.0271 Mercosur countries, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and associate members of Bolivia and Chile, made the call in a joint statement prior to the April 24 conference in New York to review implementation of the treaty that has been ratified by about 170 countries.
23 4 okay XIE20000328.0271 Mercosur countries, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and associate members of Bolivia and Chile, made the call in a joint statement prior to the April 24 conference in New York to review implementation of the treaty that has been ratified by about 170 countries.
23 5 okay XIE20000328.0271 Mercosur countries, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and associate members of Bolivia and Chile, made the call in a joint statement prior to the April 24 conference in New York to review implementation of the treaty that has been ratified by about 170 countries.
23 7 vital NYT19980602.0262 In South America, Argentina, and Brazil pulled back from the brink of a nuclear arms race.
23 7 vital XIE19980717.0215 He stressed that Brazil had joined forces with other countries in putting an end to nuclear arms and that the ratification came at a critical moment for the international community after a series of nuclear tests conducted in South Asia. Brazil is among the few countries with the technological capacity to build atomic bombs.
23 7 vital XIE20000328.0271 Mercosur countries, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and associate members of Bolivia and Chile, made the call in a joint statement prior to the April 24 conference in New York to review implementation of the treaty that has been ratified by about 170 countries.
23 8 okay XIE20000328.0271 Mercosur countries, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and associate members of Bolivia and Chile, made the call in a joint statement prior to the April 24 conference in New York to review implementation of the treaty that has been ratified by about 170 countries.
24 1 vital XIE19961203.0250 Another 600 kilograms of the drug was still floating off the coast of Nicaragua's Corn Island, said the officer. He said the activity of the Colombian drug cartels was detected by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents when the traffickers left San Andres Island with the huge shipment of drugs.
24 1 vital XIE19961203.0250 he said the activity of the Colombian drug cartels was detected by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents when the traffickers left San Andres Island with the huge shipment of drugs.
24 1 vital XIE19961203.0250 He said the activity of the Colombian drug cartels was detected by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents when the traffickers left San Andres Island with the huge shipment of drugs.
24 2 vital XIE20000916.0302 the Navy bulletin said that the drug was seized near the Caramilla island in the north of the San Andres and Providencia archipelago in the north of the country.
24 3 vital XIE19980220.0308 his "base of operations" was believed to be in the Caribbean island of San Andres, where he was the owner of the upmarket "Sunrise Beach" hotel.
24 4 okay XIE19980220.0308 his "base of operations" was believed to be in the Caribbean island of San Andres, where he was the owner of the upmarket "Sunrise Beach" hotel.
24 5 okay XIE19961203.0250 Another 600 kilograms of the drug was still floating off the coast of Nicaragua's Corn Island, said the officer. He said the activity of the Colombian drug cartels was detected by U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents when the traffickers left San Andres Island with the huge shipment of drugs.
25 1 vital APW20000622.0109 The 73-year-old Cuban leader has in the past endorsed his brother, Raul Castro, as his successor.
25 1 vital NYT19980807.0115 Also fueling a growing number of rumors has been the increased visibility over the past year of Castro's brother, Raul, who is five years Fidel's junior. For the first time, Raul Castro was formally designated his brother's successor as Communist Party leader at the party congress held in October.
25 1 vital NYT19980807.0115 For the first time, Raul Castro was formally designated his brother's successor as Communist Party leader at the party congress held in October.
25 2 vital APW20000326.0001 In the audience was Gen. Raul Castro Ruz, head of Cuba's Armed Forces and the No. 2 man in the communist government behind his brother President Fidel Castro.
25 2 vital APW20000424.0012 " We have a great joy at this victory, " said Castro's brother Raul, vice president and head of Cuba's armed forces.
25 2 vital APW20000617.0149 '' The gathering was attended by Gen. Raul Castro, head of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and younger brother of Fidel Castro.
25 2 vital NYT20000701.0130 "Now begins the second stage that will also be triumphant," said Raul Castro, Fidel Castro's brother and minister of the armed forces, in rare 15-minute news conference after the rally.
25 3 okay NYT19980807.0115 Also fueling a growing number of rumors has been the increased visibility over the past year of Castro's brother, Raul, who is five years Fidel's junior.
25 3 okay NYT19980807.0115 Also fueling a growing number of rumors has been the increased visibility over the past year of Castro's brother, Raul, who is five years Fidel's junior. For the first time, Raul Castro was formally designated his brother's successor as Communist Party leader at the party congress held in October.
25 3 okay NYT19980812.0161 also fueling a growing number of rumors has been the increased visibility over the past year of Castro's brother, Raul, who is five years Fidel's junior.
25 3 okay NYT19980812.0161 Also fueling a growing number of rumors has been the increased visibility over the past year of Castro's brother, Raul, who is five years Fidel's junior.