11.   Stock and real estate prices have slumped since July, when China began military exercises near Taiwan following a visit by Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui.

12.   That may explain Iraqi troop movements during the past month that led the Pentagon to begin military exercises in Kuwait two months ahead of schedule, analysts said.

13.   The USS Independence based in Yokosuka was dispatched in March to waters near the Taiwan Strait after China began military exercises in the region.

14.   A Hong Kong newspaper reported earlier this week that Chinese air, land and sea units would begin military exercises in the Taiwan Strait over the weekend.

15.   A Hong Kong newspaper, Ming Pao, reported earlier this week that Chinese air, land and sea units would begin military exercises in the straits on Saturday.

16.   Air crews from four NATO countries began live exercises Tuesday with fliers from one-time Warsaw Pact member Romania and other countries that now wish to join the Western alliance.

17.   American paratroopers have begun training exercises with their Uzbek counterparts as part of a NATO-led program to develop stronger ties with former Soviet republics.

18.   Bahrain, the United States and Britain began naval exercises in the Gulf on Tuesday, just two days after Iran began its own maneuvers in the region.

19.   Bahrain, the United States and Britain began naval exercises Tuesday in the Gulf, just two days after Iran began its own maneuvers in the region.

20.   Greek forces began military exercises in the Aegean this week.