11.   Russia said Tuesday that its troops had seized the northern third of Chechnya in a bold attempt to hem in the Islamic militants who have taken refuge there.

12.   Some troops would seize the men while others guarded a perimeter.

13.   The cargo was seized by troops, and the courier is believed to have been killed on orders of his boss.

14.   The larger dispute dates to the end of World War II, when Soviet troops seized the islands.

15.   The Pentagon insists the documents belonged to the ousted military regime, not the Aristide government, and became American property when U.S. troops seized them last year.

16.   Troops seized two vacant tourist hotels and stationed tanks in front and snipers on the rooftops.

17.   U.S. troops seized control of state television and radio to try to stop propaganda broadcasts by the Haitian military and its allies.

18.   When Israeli troops seized Ramallah, Secretary of State Colin Powell bluntly insisted that they withdraw.

19.   Opposition official Noor Ahmad said anti-Taliban troops seized Qala-i-Nau, capital of Badghis province west of Mazar-e-Sharif.

20.   Palestinian officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Powell last week refused to give Arafat a guarantee that Israeli troops would not seize the fugitives.