11.   Taliban troops were guarding the plane Saturday, but Muttawakil said the Taliban would not negotiate with the hijackers and insisted that the United Nations do so instead.

12.   The fresh allegations gave Richard Goldstone, head of The Hague tribunal, a boost in his campaign to have NATO troops guard evidence and protect his staff.

13.   U.S. National Guard troops guard those sites.

14.   U.S. troops will guard the homes until a private security company can be contracted, Shelton said.

15.   Pakistani troops are guarding the Afghan frontier to prevent Taliban and al-Qaida members from sneaking into the country.

16.   Private cars were banned from center of the Armenian capital and Interior Ministry troops guarded key locations.

17.   Angolan troops have been guarding the strategic Congolese port town of Matadi after rebel forces trying to oust President Laurent Kabila deserted their positions.

18.   Army troops guarded bridges and roads as he spoke.

19.   Azerbaijani air defense troops will also guard it.

20.   Concerned about allegations of arms smuggling and border incidents on its northern border with Kosovo, the Albanian government has asked for NATO troops to guard the region.