21.   Col. Gen. Viktor Yesin, head of the Russian strategic rocket troops, told the Interfax news agency that the withdrawal was completed by Saturday.

22.   Friday is also the day when all sides are to complete withdrawals from front lines.

23.   Gen. Ismail Hakki Karadayi, the army chief of staff, has reportedly suggested that the withdrawal be completed by mid-May.

24.   Georgian officials, however, said that they wanted international monitors to certify that the withdrawal is completed.

25.   He has only visited the West Bank in brief day trips since Israeli troops completed their withdrawal from seven of eight West Bank towns in December.

26.   He said it would take about three to six weeks to complete the withdrawal.

27.   He said it would take six weeks after the end of the mission to complete the withdrawal.

28.   He told The Washington Post that he hoped to complete the withdrawal by the end of the year.

29.   He said Israel must complete its withdrawal from two other towns, Tulkarem and Qalqilya.

30.   In Pakistan on Sunday, Foreign Minister Sartaj Aziz said the militant withdrawal should be completed in a week or two.