81.  Francesco Rutelli and Piero Fassino, two leaders of the center-left coalition, went to the southern port of Taranto to visit naval forces.

82.  Greek and Turkish troops and naval forces pulled back from the islet after U.S. diplomatic intervention.

83.  He gave no details on the naval force.

84.  In May, the defense ministers also founded EURMARFOR, and ad-hoc naval force.

85.  Iran has received the last of three submarines it ordered from Russia in a push to modernize its naval forces, a Western military source said Sunday.

86.  Iraq apologized, but the incident spurred the United States to bolster its tiny Gulf naval force and provide convoy escort for reflagged Kuwaiti oil tankers.

87.  Iraq has accused the U.S. navy of sinking a tanker from which a Western naval force rescued the crew last week.

88.  Israeli naval forces on Saturday destroyed two Palestinian boats and set fuel tanks ablaze at a Palestinian naval base on the coast of Gaza City.

89.  It was not clear if the Iranian diplomat has already left Bahrain, a key financial center and regional headquarters for U.S. naval forces.

90.  Italy is the hub of the NATO operation, with allied planes flying sorties out of NATO bases here and a naval force sailing off its shores.