1.   A North Korean delegation will visit Japan next month looking for investors in a free trade zone development project, officials said Thursday.

2.   He said the zone project also involved the construction of an airport, hotels, recreation centres and other facilities.

3.   Iraq has denounced the security zone project, saying it violates Iraqi sovereignty and territorial integrity.

4.   Vranitzky and Horn, for their part, signed a cooperation agreement over an EU credit programme for border zone development projects.