11.   North Korea urges U.S. to hand over senior North Korean defector.

12.   Prachakorn Thai, said a senior defector, is more a cult than a political party.

13.   That reconciliation accelerated last year when Jordan distanced itself from Iraq, its one-time ally, calling for political change in Baghdad and granting asylum to senior Iraqi defectors.

14.   The kingdom also has been granting asylum to senior defectors.

15.   The journey coincided with a British newspaper report, based on the confessions of a senior Iraqi defector, that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein had deceived the weapons inspectors.

16.   A senior Iraqi defector said Friday he would leave Amman immediately in protest if the Jordanian government supported the idea of a federation in Iraq.

17.   According to US officials, the measures were in response to the Iraqi troop movements and to revelations by the senior Iraqi defector.

18.   During the five years of record keeping, the seven most senior defectors were at the deputy provincial leader level, the report said..

19.   The three senior defectors were in Bangkok being debriefed by military officials Thursday afternoon, a senior intelligence source in Phnom Penh told AFP.

20.   Israel warned Jordan on Saturday to be prudent after two senior Iraqi defectors granted refuge in Amman for six months were killed on their return to Baghdad.