1.   He has already been tried on one charge, weapons smuggling, and sentenced to five years in prison.

2.   Hun Sen has charged Ranariddh with criminal activities, weapons smuggling and treason, and demanded the prince return to Phnom Penh to face the charges.

3.   Hun Sen has refused, however, to allow Ranariddh to participate until he stands trial on charges of weapons smuggling and conspiring with radical Marxist Khmer Rouge guerillas.

4.   In addition to the civil strife, Tajikistan has become a gateway for narcotics and weapons smuggled from neighboring Afghanistan.

5.   Lodja is a KLA stronghold and a reputed center for weapons smuggling from Albania.

6.   On Wednesday, a Cambodian court convicted Ranariddh in absentia of weapons smuggling in a trial viewed as legal farce but a political necessity.

7.   Russia also is interested in deploying observers on the Yugoslav-Albanian border to help prevent weapons smuggling, said Ivanov, according to Beta.

8.   Southern Bosnia is considered a key route for drug trafficking, weapons smuggling and transporting vehicles stolen from across Europe.

9.   The Palestinian Authority had also maintained ties with extremist Arab regimes, Naveh said, accusing Iraq, Iran and Syria of providing funds and encouraging weapons smuggling.

10.   The Serb statement made no claim to have captured Lodja, a KLA stronghold and a reputed center for weapons smuggling from Albania.