11.   The United States has also made a request to hold joint military exercised on Surinamese soil this year.

12.   Turkish warships docked off northern Cypriots ports on Sunday for week-long military exercises that could to set off sparks between Greece and Turkey.

13.   U.S.-South Korea start joint military exercise.

14.   A senior official here Wednesday denied press reports that China would begin week-long large-scale military exercises this weekend in Fujian.

15.   South Korea has facilities on the isles and held military exercises around them last week.

16.   The harsh attack came as China continued a week-long military exercise that includes the firing of missiles into a splash zone just north of Taiwan.