EADS URGES 90-DAY EXTENSION ON TANKER JET TENDER: US

EADS said earlier it may submit a new offer to try to clinch the deal if revised Pentagon tender rules gave it a fair chance of success.

In the interview, Wade said he was holding talks with Casamance separatist chiefs who are still holding out against an agreement.

The new facility would contribute to a government strategy to become more self-reliant in the defense sector, Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim said.

Kouchner arrived from Japan, where he had rapped the Pyongyang regime for developing a weapons programme while its people suffer desperate poverty.

Berlin sees trade surplus criticism as compliment