21.   The wide-ranging accord covers cooperation between the armed forces, defence research collaboration and joint production of military hardware, an external affairs ministry spokesman here said.

22.   Islamic clerics could be appointed to officiate at the funerals of Moslem soldiers serving with the Israeli army, a religious affairs ministry spokesman said Monday.

23.   Lamers is also foreign affairs spokesman for the Christian Democratic group in the lower house of the German parliament.

24.   Labour home affairs spokesman Alun Michael also called for an enquiry.

25.   Swiss air force commander Fernand Carrel has asked for a disciplinary investigation against himself for two pilot errors he committed, a federal military affairs spokesman said here Thursday.

26.   South African home affairs ministry spokesman Hennie Meyer said the two mutineers, Phakiso Molise and Sergeant Motlatsi Makapeng, had been given seven days to leave South Africa.

27.   The European affairs spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, Charles Kennedy, added his voice to chorus of criticism of the government.

28.   The European affairs spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, Charles Kennedy, added his voice to chorus of critcism of the government.