41.   Chen also asked Beijing to stop its arms buildup and military threat against the island.

42.   Defense Secretary William Perry said Tuesday that US sanctions on Pakistan have diminished US leverage in preventing an arms buildup and nuclear weapons development in both Pakistan and India.

43.   Senior leaders from Burundi and Rwanda on Friday pledged to wage a joint struggle against an arms buildup in their region and to dismantle armed gangs.

44.   Senior leaders from Burundi and Rwanda pledged to halt an arms buildup in their region and to dismantle armed gangs.

45.   South Korea started overhauling its air raid warning system this week as a defector spoke of an arms buildup and economic hardships in isolated North Korea.

46.   The income thus derived financed a formidable arms buildup which in later years included missile launchers and heavy artillery.