51.   It was located inside a closed military zone where hundreds of scientists labored to develop lethal strains of biological weapons.

52.   Maetani had entered a restricted military zone, ministry spokesman Hiroshi Hashimoto said Wednesday.

53.   Meanwhile, Israel made a unilateral move, declaring a strip of West Bank land along the Israeli border a closed military zone.

54.   Military commentator Ron Ben-Ishai, who has seen the maps, said the military zones would not be continuous.

55.   Ministry spokesman Hiroshi Hashimoto acknowledged Wednesday that the two entered into a restricted military zone.

56.   Ministry spokesman Hiroshi Hashimoto acknowledged Wednesday that the two entered into a restricted military zone last Thursday, while riding in a taxi.

57.   Military exercises also continued in the Guangzhou and Nanjing military zones in southern coastal China near Taiwan, the paper said.

58.   No resident of Akaba has been given a building permit since the village was declared a military zone.

59.   Residents had complained that the closed military zone greatly restricted the comings and goings in the village.

60.   Several days ago the Israeli military declared the biblical town a closed military zone and banned reporters.