1.   First Capt. Albert Mullai, spokesman for the Albanian military, said the exercises had been planned before this recent spike in tension along the border.

2.   Joint U.S.-Kazakh military exercises are planned for next year.

3.   Officials planning the exercise spoke at a Pentagon news conference.

4.   A U.S. official has suggested that a confrontation was unlikely since the Iranian exercises were planned long before the Nimitz went into the Gulf.

5.   An Israeli defense official said at the time that massive ground exercises were also planned in the southern Negev desert.

6.   But Barker said no exercises were planned Monday morning.

7.   But he said the exercises were planned before the recent Chinese military exercises and missile tests.

8.   Capt. William Crow, commander of the USS Austin, said the exercise was planned months ago and was unrelated to the Yugoslav elections.

9.   Federal agencies are helping to plan the exercise, though it will center on the immediate response to an attack, which would be handled by local departments.

10.   He refused to comment on whether china was planning military exercises.