1.   Britain, said the press, was considering buying Exocet missiles, having been caught with trousers down.

2.   Governments engaged in armed aggression against other countries or peoples could not buy missiles.

3.   Now, Greece is asking to buy the missile, a State Department official said.

4.   Randy Glass chatted up diamond wholesalers as easily as shadowy arms dealers looking to buy missiles for terrorists.

5.   Pakistan has been buying missiles from China but India has been developing its own.

6.   Air force officers say the rebels may have bought the missiles from Afghan guerrillas.

7.   Cyprus said the decision to buy the missiles was prompted by a massing of Turkish fighter jets only a few minutes flying time from the island.

8.   Cyprus signed an agreement to buy the missiles last Saturday.

9.   Defense Minister Schmid said the investigation would also examine why the missiles had been bought, as well as why Regli-era documents had been systematically destroyed.

10.   Defense Minister Schmid said the investigation would also examine why the missiles were bought, as well as the systematic destruction of Regli-era documents.