1.   The British defence chiefs also felt able to work on the assumption that the USSR would not feel strong enough to risk war for several more years.

2.   He later elaborated on North Korean arms sales when he briefed the Japanese defence chief on the Israeli situation.

3.   He took on the post of prime minister on Sunday and has said he will name himself as defence chief.

4.   Indian concern at the intrusion of its airspace by a remote-controlled reconnaissance plane from Pakistan this week illustrates the increasing interest in these drones by defence chiefs.

5.   A defence agency spokesman declined to confirm the Sankei Shimbun report but said the defence chief would make the trip sometime this year.

6.   Australian Defence Minister Ian McLachlan will visit Britain and France next week for talks with government ministers, defence chiefs and defence industry leaders, his office said.

7.   Before heading for South Asia, Rumsfeld will attend a meeting of NATO defence chiefs in Brussels Thursday.

8.   But Defence Minister Robert Hill dismissed those arguments Sunday saying defence chiefs held no such fears.

9.   But Defence Minister Robert Hill said Sunday that Australian defence chiefs actually supported the ICC and held no such fears.

10.   Defence ministry chief, Yunus Qanooni, told AFP the Taliban leadership was now divided between rival factions within the group.