41.   The argument has failed to soothe Aliev, who said the weapons shipments were a threat to Azerbaijan.

42.   The authorities reportedly believed the tobacco consignment was being used as a cover for a weapons shipment.

43.   The find may be related to a large weapons shipment smuggled to guerrillas in Colombia a few months ago, he said.

44.   The Palestinian Authority has no link to the weapons shipment, Palestinian officials said.

45.   The State Department said Arab governments, who are holding an Arab League summit next week, support a U.N. ban on weapons shipments to Iran.

46.   The U.S. Navy is patrolling the African coast to block any weapons shipments and prevent establishment of terrorist camps in Somalia.

47.   The United States failed Thursday to convince a U.N. committee to order an investigation into what Washington says was an illegal weapons shipment from Yugoslavia to Libya last August.

48.   The weapons shipments are subject to the limits established in the Dayton peace accord and later arms control agreements.

49.   Turkey denies charges that it acted as an intermediary for weapons shipments from a half-dozen Muslim countries, including Iran, during an international arms embargo on former Yugoslavia.

50.   Turkey denies charges that it acted as an intermediary for weapons shipments from a half-dozen Muslim countries, including Iran.