51.   Jordan and Turkey held similar exercises last year.

52.   Kyrgyz troops supervised by U.S. instructors held firing exercises Wednesday as part of joint military exercises launched this week in the former Soviet republic in Central Asia.

53.   Meanwhile, both sides are holding naval exercises in the Aegean.

54.   Military exercises were held on local farms, he said.

55.   North Korea threatened Saturday to pull out of its nuclear deal with Washington if the United States holds its annual spring military exercise with South Korea.

56.   NATO jets also held exercises near Kosovo last month in a show of force.

57.   North Korea countered by threatening to pull out of the accord if the exercises were held.

58.   North Korea countered by threatening to pull out of the agreement if the exercises were held.

59.   North Korea threatened Saturday to pull out of the nuclear deal if the United States holds its annual mass-scale spring military exercise with South Korea.

60.   Opposition grew after officials revealed the annual exercise would be held in a combat zone.