1.   President Bush ordered the Yemen deployment several weeks ago, and since then military officials have been working with their Yemeni counterparts on its details.

2.   Prince Saud was met at the airport by his Yemeni counterpart, Abdul Qader Bajammal, who was in Saudi Arabia on Saturday for talks on the dispute.

3.   His Yemeni counterpart, Abdul-Aziz Abdul-Ghani, flew back home after the agreements were signed.

4.   In a move that would end nine years of hostilities, the Kuwaiti foreign minister has invited his Yemeni counterpart to visit Kuwait, a government official said Thursday.

5.   Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Alatas and his Yemeni counterpart will sign two agreements on trade and investment protection Friday.

6.   The agreement was signed in Amman by Health Minister Ashraf Kurdi and his Yemeni counterpart, Abdel Wali Nasher.

7.   Foreign Minister Amr Mussa said the approval of UN efforts to install a ceasefire came from his Yemeni counterpart Mohammad Bassandawa after talks here with President Hosni Mubarak.

8.   He said he would meet with Yemeni counterpart Abdel Kerim al-Iriani and parliamentary speaker Abdallah al-Ahmar.

9.   An Egyptian envoy is expected in Sanaa early Wednesday bearing a message from President Hosni Mubarak to his Yemeni counterpart Ali Abdallah Saleh, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

10.   British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw met his Yemeni counterpart Tuesday in London to discuss the ongoing war on terrorism and the situation in the Middle East.