1.   Army ranks and protocol add more layers to the problem of backward management and thinking.

2.   A Yugoslav government official Friday denied reports of desertions from Yugoslav army ranks and blasted moderate leaders in the country for talking to NATO.

3.   And parliament has announced a probe into extreme right-wing activity among army ranks.

4.   Both men defected to the Cambodian government in recent years as the Khmer Rouge fell apart and were rewarded with senior army ranks.

5.   But in the first hint of dissension within army ranks over the standoff, he accused some senior members of army of wanting to cause disunity,

6.   But in the first hint of dissension within army ranks over the standoff, he accused some senior members of the army of promoting disunity.

7.   Fearful of their strength, officials have sought to placate more unruly tribesmen with cars, army ranks and even monthly salaries.

8.   In an interview with Austrian state radio, Djindjic, who attended the Vienna meeting, said that even in army ranks Milosevic had lost backing.

9.   In the first hint of dissension within army ranks over the standoff, he accused some senior members of the army of promoting disunity.

10.   Milosevic, who is now trying to portray himself a peacemaker, recently has purged army ranks of hardliners.