11.   Also in contention were timetables for further Israeli troop withdrawals from occupied Arab areas.

12.   An Israeli soldier opened fire Wednesday on Palestinians at a crowded vegetable market in an attempt to sabotage the pending Israeli troop withdrawal from most of Hebron.

13.   And as far as troop withdrawal was concerned, Clinton acknowledged that one year was an estimate, not a fixed deadline.

14.   Annan told the Security Council that Eritrea had halted troop withdrawals, saying the buffer zone map had been changed without its knowledge.

15.   And Washington rejected the idea, wanting to separate Iraqi troop withdrawals entirely from the issue of sanctions.

16.   Arafat rejected the demands, saying they amounted to a countervention of earlier commitments Israel made on troop withdrawals.

17.   Arafat and his aides have insisted that the troop withdrawals go forward before any kind of final-status talks begin.

18.   As part of a deal and its troop withdrawal, Israel would want to negotiate an end to border skirmishes between its troops and Hezbollah guerrillas in southern Lebanon.

19.   At a recent meeting with Chechen officials, Lebed brushed aside a question about the pace of Russian troops withdrawals.

20.   At most, it might delay the troop withdrawal by a few days.