(AFP report from Washington D.C.) US officials said that US Secretary of State Powell has made a spate of diplomatic calls in an attempt to settle the dispute between Morocco and Spain over a small island in the Mediterranean Sea.

• (法新社华盛顿电)美国官员说，美国国务卿鲍尔进行一连串外交电话连系，以期解决西班牙与摩洛哥为地中海一座小岛引发的纠纷。