61.  The US envoy also met Hurd, Kuwaiti officials said without giving further details.

62.  The US navy has intercepted a Honduran-flagged ship in the Gulf suspected of violating the UN embargo on Iraq, Kuwaiti officials said Sunday.

63.  US forces in Kuwait have completed the installation of two batteries of Patriot anti-missile missiles, a Kuwaiti military official said Tuesday.

64.  US and Kuwaiti officials reacted cautiously to the announcement and said they wanted to see evidence that the troops had been removed.

65.  US and Kuwaiti officials would not comment, or were not immediately available.

66.  UNSCOM chief Rolf Ekeus, who is on a tour of the Gulf states, arrived in Kuwait on Friday to meet the emir and other Kuwaiti officials.

67.  Kuwaiti officials were visiting Damascus, Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Cairo.

68.  Kuwaiti officials could not be contacted Friday, the Moslem holy day, to comment on their plans for the ships.

69.  Kuwaiti officials have called for Iraqi recognition to be formally presented to the United Nations.

70.  Kuwaiti officials have rejected the allegations of mistreatment following the press comments in Amman.