91.  Sometimes staying home is the best way to minimize risk, said Charles Pena, senior defense analyst at the libertarian Cato Institute.

92.  The generals also decided to stop issuing weapons to soldiers on guard duty, the newspaper said, citing a senior defense ministry officer.

93.  The discussions were part of the fourth meeting of the Joint Technical Group, which comprises senior defense officials of the two countries.

94.  The firing ended after the area was surrounded by two commando units dispatched from the capital Colombo, a senior defense official said on condition of anonymity.

95.  The meeting included army commanders and senior defense officials from South Africa, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zambia.

96.  The helicopters flew after dark, in heavy rain, but a senior defense official said Wednesday the crash may have been caused by pilot error.

97.  The newspaper Daily Hurriyet said senior Israeli defense official David Ivry and Turkish Deputy Chief of Staff Gen. Hilmi Ozkok would plan the details of the naval rescue exercises.

98.  The Nimitz battle group is due in the vicinity of Taiwan in about two weeks, a senior defense official said Monday.

99.  The raid was part of a widening scandal in which two senior defense officials and seven executives of computer-maker NEC Corp. and its affiliate have been arrested.

100.  The senior defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that claim was false.