1.   General Fahim, who has been invited by Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, is to head a senior defence ministry delegation, they said.

2.   However, the move comes on the second day of a suspension of the arms delivery now being conditioned on the removal of a senior Bosnian defence ministry official.

3.   However, serious sticking points remain and a senior Israeli defence ministry spokesman did not rule out yet another missed deadline in the next phase of self-rule.

4.   In September, General Ben Ali, a senior defence ministry figure, suffered serious leg injuries in an attack in Algiers.

5.   In September, a senior defence ministry figure suffered serious leg injuries in an attack in the city.

6.   In Washington, a senior defence official said al-Qaeda plotted attacks against nuclear power plants, landmarks and public water facilities in the United States.

7.   India on Friday test fired its nuclear-capable Agni II ballistic missile, a senior defence official said.

8.   A senior defence ministry source told AFP that the Afghan forces had not been able to completely encircle the Taliban forces at Bahran.

9.   A senior defence ministry official Monday accused Pakistan of covertly supporting the Afghan militant Moslem Taliban movement which is battling forces loyal to President Burhanuddin Rabbani.

10.   A senior defence official told the Jerusalem Post that Israel had hoped to keep the Nautilus programme secret so as to surprise its enemies during wartime.