51.   Turkey has halted arms purchases from Denmark, the seventh country Ankara accused of sympathizing with a Kurdish rebel group.

52.   Turkish Cypriot leaders have frequently said that new arms purchases by the Greek Cypriot government could undermine the talks.

53.   While public information on arms purchases is scant, the government has recently admitted it is buying new military equipment.

54.   Weizman also said Israel is studying plans to redirect some funds from arms purchases to housing and social programs, to aid the waves of immigrants heading to Israel.

55.   White House aides had said in advance that Bush hopes to eventually offer Putin inducements such as arms purchases, military aid and joint anti-missile exercises with Russia.

56.   White House aides had said in advance that Bush was prepared to offer Putin inducements such as arms purchases, military aid and joint anti-missile exercises with Russia.

57.   French President Jacques Chirac urged Warsaw on Thursday to look to Europe in future arms purchases, a senior Polish official told AFP.

58.   In his meetings with Chinese Defense Minister Chi on Saturday, Ivanov was expected to explore further Chinese arm purchases from Russia, Western diplomats in Beijing said.

59.   A Western diplomat in Nicosia said Sunday that the arms purchases from Russia appeared to be more political than military in nature.

60.   Apart from post-war Kuwait, fellow Gulf Arab monarchies Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates also apply offset terms to compensate for their arms purchase.