11.   But many of the Montesinos millions may have come from kickbacks on arms purchases from Belarus and Russia.

12.   But it was not until after the Iran-Iraq war ended that the illegal loans for arms purchases began to soar.

13.   But while the embargo is to end, the rivals agreed Tuesday to temporarily forswear arms purchases.

14.   He was found stealing documents pertaining to arms purchases from the Soviet Union, and was later cashiered and briefly imprisoned.

15.   In addition, all nations would be required to report their arms purchases to the United Nations.

16.   International creditors say some of the oil profits go straight into arms purchases, but corruption is widely assumed to siphon off much of the rest.

17.   Much is diverted into off-the-books arms purchases and private bank accounts.

18.   Saudi bankers say the kingdom is expected to stick to a current freeze of major arms purchases this year as it tries to balance the budget.

19.   SUDAN - Held talks in Khartoum with a visiting Russian military delegation about resumption of unspecified arms purchases.

20.   The developing nations, it said, accounted for slightly more than half of all arms purchases worldwide last year.