41.   Bahraini naval and air force units conducted military exercises Sunday with a special force from the United States, the official Gulf News Agency reported.

42.   Beijing has since recalled its ambassador to the United States, canceled several consultations with U.S. and Taiwanese envoys and conducted military exercises near the island.

43.   Beijing-allied newspapers in Hong Kong have reported that troops near the Taiwan coast were put on high alert and conducted armed exercises.

44.   But it did not rule out the possibility the flights may have been conducting training exercises.

45.   But the British Army said the exercise was conducted as planned.

46.   China views Taiwan as a renegade province and conducted military exercises near the island during the election campaign to underline its view that Taiwan should not declare independence.

47.   China and the U.S. signed joint agreements to conduct military exercises when U.S. President Bill Clinton visited Beijing in July.

48.   China has expelled three Hong Kong journalists for conducting interviews in Fujian, where the military is conducting exercises aimed at intimidating Taiwan.

49.   Clinton will watch U.S. Army Special Forces conduct exercises on peacekeeping and humanitarian relief with select Senegalese troops.

50.   Exerting pressure on Taiwan by conducting military exercises will do nothing to break the Taiwan deadlock.