1.  The two countries have initialled a new defence co-operation agreement.

2.  But they were unduly optimistic when they looked to Washington for assistance with their new defence programme.

3.  But until these were secured and a new defence structure created, they had perforce to rely on the British.

4.  From somewhere he had summoned up new defences.

5.  Former attorney general Tilak Marapone was sworn in as the new defence minister.

6.  Former attorney general Tilak Marapone was tipped as the new defence minister while senior lawyer K.N. Choksy was likely to be given the finance portfolio.

7.  Greece scuppered the accord, which would give a new European defence force critical access to NATO strategic support, reportedly out of concern over powerful rival Turkey.

8.  However, the prime minister is now tipped to name former attorney general Tilak Marapone as the new defence minister later Wednesday.

9.  In Sarajevo he pressed Bosnian officials to agree to a new defence bill formally uniting the Moslem and Croat defence forces into one federal army.

10.  In the reshuffle, Gonzalez named a new defence minister but declined to appoint a replacement for Serra.