101.   U.S. Marines will hold joint exercises with Ukrainian marines in the Black Sea next month, a Ukrainian navy spokesman said Monday.

102.   U.S. ground and naval forces held joint exercises with Jordan in August and September last year.

103.   U.S. and Ukrainian troops will hold joint exercises in western Ukraine in June, Defense Minister Valery Shmarov said Wednesday.

104.   U.S. troops will hold joint exercises with Ukrainian forces in western Ukraine in June, Ukrainian Defense Minister Valery Shmarov said Wednesday.

105.   He expects China to claim that they will hold the exercises in international waters or within its territorial boundaries to evade legal questions.

106.   In Washington, a State Department official said South Korea had asked the United States not to hold the exercise this year.

107.   A Chinese Defence Ministry spokesman Monday denied knowledge of reported plans to hold military exercises in coastal areas near Taiwan next month.

108.   A joint armed forces exercise will be held shortly after the current missile practice, which will last until the end of August.

109.   A major criticism in the Baltic Sea region is that no international safety exercises have been held since the Estonia sank.

110.   A similar exercise was held last week in the northwestern province of East Azerbaijan.