1.   But what was he doing in the courtyard of Haji Zaman Gamsharik, an anti-Taliban warlord who was then defense minister of the Eastern Alliance?

2.   Russia stepped up its warnings against such action and dispatched its foreign and defense ministers on an unusually high-level mission to see the Yugoslav president Sunday in Belgrade.

3.   Thai media reports have said Chavalit, who is also defense minister, has grown very nervous, even paranoid.

4.   Thai media reports have said Chavalit, who is also defense minister, has gotten very nervous, even paranoid.

5.   The administration is trying to reach a consensus on a plan before a meeting of allied foreign and defense ministers in London Friday.

6.   The state utility is chaired by a former general who has a close relationship with Chavalit, who is now defense minister and was formerly army commander-in-chief.

7.   Twenty defense ministers.

8.   While here, he conferred with the Russian deputy defense minister, Gen. Vladimir Toporov, about joint operations in Bosnia.

9.   President Chandrika Kumaratunga, who is also defense minister, has vowed to defeat the rebels on the battlefield after the failure of several rounds of peace talks.

10.   Rabin, who is also defense minister, also met with his South Korean defense minister Rhee Byong-tae.