21.   U.S. agents have seized shipments from Germany, France, Kuwait, England, New Zealand, Japan, China and the Philippines.

22.   Western nations, however, are empowered under their own laws to prosecute holders of ivory and seize shipments through their territory, CITES spokesman Jared Crawford said.

23.   Western nations, however, are empowered under their own laws to prosecute holders of ivory and seize shipments through their territory, said CITES spokesman Jared Crawford.

24.   Customs officials in Trinidad seized a shipment of counterfeit Reebok shoes after the British manufacturer charged three local firms of importing the fake footwear from South Korea.

25.   Estonian customs officials in the port city of Muurgavsk seized a shipment of contraband weapons, the ITAR-TASS news agency reported.

26.   The shipment was seized at a Hong Kong container terminal on Thursday.

27.   The shipment was subsequently seized and the troops slapped with administrative charges.

28.   That shipment was seized by the Israelis, and Shubaki remains holed up together with Arafat in Ramallah, with Israeli demanding his surrender.