P124 MTV3 p124 .Ma 06 Hel 2142:31 1/1 EU AGREES IN PRINCIPLE TO TURKEY CUSTOMS UNION BRUSSELS, FEB 6 (REUTER) - EUROPEAN UNION FOREIGN MINISTERS ON MONDAY AGREED IN PRINCIPLE A DEAL OPENING THE WAY FOR A CUSTOMS UNION WITH TURKEY AND SETTING A DEADLINE FOR TALKS TO BEGIN WITH CYPRUS TO JOIN THE BLOC, GERMAN FOREIGN MINISTER KLAUS KINKEL SAID. <123 125>

P124 MTV3 p124 .Ma 06 Hel 2208:41 1/6 ECUADOR BRACES FOR PROLONGED ARMED CONFLICT BY ANTONIO MARIA DELGADO QUITO, FEB 6 (REUTER) - ECUADOR SAID ON MONDAY IT WAS BRAAING FOR A PROLONGED ARMED CONFLICT WITH PE6U AFTER THE ANDEAN NATIONS FAILED TO AGREE TO A CEASE FIRE IN THEIR BORDER DISPUTE AND THEIR ARMIES CLASHED AGAIN. A HIGH-RANKINC ECUADOREAN MILITARY OFFICIAL TOLD REUTERS THAT PERUVIAN AIRPLANES RENEWED ATTACKQ AGAINST ECUADOR'S POSTS WITH MORTARS AND HELICOPTERS, WHILE ECUADOR RESPONDED WITH MISSILES. THERE WAS NO IMMEDIATE ... <123 125>

P124 MTV3 p124 .Ma 06 Hel 2208:24 2/6 ECUADOR BRACES FOR PROLONGED ARMED CONFLICT ... CONFIRMATION FROM LIMA, NOR WERE THERE REPORTS OF CASUALTIES. ECUADOR HAS SAID BOTH ARMIES HAVE CLASHED ALMOST DAILY SINCE HOSTILITIES BROKE OUT 12 DAYS AGO, BUT OFFICIALS SAID ON MONDAX THE NATION WAQ READY TO FACE A LARGER OFFENSIVE. THE PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR'S CONGRESS, HEINZ MGELLER, A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL, SAID THAT DESPITE THE SIZE OF PERU'S MILITARY -- WHICH HAS TRIPLE THE NUMBER OF WEAPONS AND DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF SOLDIERS -- ECUADOR COULD HOLD ITS POSITJONS ... <123 125>

P124 MTV3 p124 .Ma 06 Hel 2207:11 3/6 ECUADOR BRACES FOR PROLONGED ARMED CONFLICT ... FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD. "I HAVE COME TO THE UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR ARMED FORCES ARE STRONG ENOUGH TO REPEL PERU'S ATTACKS AT OUR POSTS AND KEEP THEM OUTSIDE OUR TERRQTOR FORAVERY LONG PERIOD OF TIME," MOELLER TOLD LOCAL TELEVISION. A SENIOR MILITARY OFFICIAL SAID A LARGE NUMBER OF PERUVIAN TROOPS HAVE INFILTRATED THE 212 SQ MILE (340 SQ KM) DISPUTED PATCH OF THE AMAZON JUNGLE. "THEY HAVE A LARGE AMGUNT OF TROOPQ IN THE AREA THAT KEEPS THEM FROM ... <123 145>

P124 MTV3 p124 .Ma 06 Hel 2207:12 5/6 ECUADOR BRACES FOR PROLONGED ARMED CONFLICT ... AFTER THE TWO COUNTRIES FAILED TO REACH AN AGREEMENT DURING SIX DAYS OF TALKS. HE SAID PEACE EFFORTS TO END THE 11-DAY CONFLICT WOULD CONTINUE TO BE COORDINATED BX THE FOUQ COUNTRIES FROM THE BRAZILIAN CAPITAL BRASILIA. ON FRIDAY, AN ECUADOREAN GENERAL SAID 60 PEOPLE HAD DIED AND 44 BEEN INJURED SINCE HOSTILITJES BROKE OUT. HE SAID THAT ABGUT 50 PERUVIANQ AND 10 ECUADOREAN SOLDIER■ ■AD BEE■ ■ILLE■, WHILE 30 PERUVIANS AND 14 ECUADOREANS HAVE BEEN INJURED. ... <123 145>

P124 MTV3 p124 .Ma 06 Hel 2207:27 6/6 ECUADOR BRACES FOR PROLONGED AQMED CONFLICT ... PERU, HOWEVER, SAID ON THURSDAX THATONLY 54 PEOPLE HAD DIED AND THAT 44 OF THEM WERE ECUADOREANS. TENSIONS HAVE CROPPED UP EACH YEAR BETWEEN THE TWO ANDEAN COUNTRIES BEFORE THE JANUARY 29, 1942, ANNIVERSARY OF THE RIO DE JANEIRO TREATY, WHICH AWARDED HALF OF ECUADOR TO PERU. ECUADOR REJECTED THE TREATY IN 1960, AND THE STRETCH OF JUNGLE, SAID TO CONTAIN GOLD, HAS BEEN A SOURFE OF CONTENTION EVER SINCE. <123 125>