71.   UN disarmament chief Rolf Ekeus prepared for a fresh round of talks on Monday aimed at persuading Iraq to surrender missile parts it has witheld from United Nations inspectors.

72.   UN disarmament chief Rolf Ekeus said Wednesday that he had failed to persuade Iraq to stop preventing his inspectors from removing banned missile parts for analysis abroad.

73.   Jordanian authorities have seized Russian missile parts destined for Iraq in violation of the five-year-old UN embargo, officials here said Thursday.

74.   On Monday, Iraq ended a three-month standoff by granting UN inspectors permission to remove missile engine parts for analysis overseas.

75.   The Hong Kong-based carrier Dragon Airlines Co. Ltd. said Wednesday it had been charged with unauthorised importation of US-made missile parts into the territory.