21.   It is the largest ever drugs haul in the region and follows several months of investigation.

22.   Kurdish leader Massud Barzani proposed here Monday that Iraqi Kurdistan be turned into a UN protectate to restore peace, following a month of war between rival factions.

23.   Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin has dropped plans for now to separate Israel from the Palestinians following several months of relative calm, his spokeswoman told AFP on Wednesday.

24.   The clashes followed several months of tension in northwestern Iran on the border with Iraq.

25.   The budget adopted here last week followed several months of negotiations between Kuchma and parliament where the communists hold the largest number of seats.

26.   The deployment follows several months of international pressure on Pretoria to flex its muscles in the region.