11.   Perry also put the National Guard on alert but had not activated the troops by midday.

12.   The army sent troops by helicopter to secure the pipelines.

13.   The administration expects to remove those troops by the end of this year.

14.   The moment was right Monday for a crunch-time speech to the troops by Coach Bill Parcells.

15.   The plan now is to win over Afghan troops by offering them incentives like weapons and winter clothing.

16.   The possible use of ground troops by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Kosovo also will be discussed.

17.   The style of the bombing was said to be reminiscent of those used against Israeli troops by Hezbollah in Lebanon.

18.   An all-party Belgian parliamentary panel blamed the Belgian government and army and top United Nations officials for the slaughter of the Belgian U.N. troops by Rwandan soldiers.

19.   An all-party Belgian parliamentary panel blamed the Belgian government and army and top U.N. officials for the slaughter of the Belgian U.N. troops by Rwandan soldiers.

20.   Barak has promised to withdraw troops by July from a border zone in Lebanon that Israel occupies to protect its northern towns.