61.   The teenagers were put through military drills on a football pitch and taught to use machine-guns, pistols and knives.

62.   The two journalists were in Fuzhou -- across the waters from Taiwan -- apparently to try to cover a combined military drill by China.

63.   The Taiwan army Tuesday successfully fired two Hawk surface-to-air missiles in a military drill in northern Taiwan, a military spokesman said.

64.   The trip enraged China, prompting it to stage a series of military drills in the Taiwan Strait as a protest.

65.   The trip, seen by Beijing as a move to further Taiwanese independence, was followed by three Chinese military drills near the island.

66.   The United States asked Israel for clarifications concerning the military drill and received a denial of any plans to strike Syria, the reports said.

67.   There were no reports of military drills on Monday.

68.   They said reaction to the military drill report outweighed gains on Wall Street and rainfall Thursday on the drought-affected island.

69.   The visit prompted Beijing to recall its ambassador to Washington and launch the first of its military drills in the Taiwan Strait, aimed at intimidating the island.

70.   Two Taiwanese businessmen were arrested by Chinese authorities in coastal Fujian province on spying charges during large-scale military drills in the Taiwan Strait last month, reports said Saturday.