21.   U.S. troops abroad were ordered to their highest level of readiness.

22.   When American soldiers met violent resistance from Serbs during house-to-house searches for weapons in February, the Pentagon ordered US troops out of the area.

23.   Yeltsin, in his first lengthy public statement since ordering troops into Chechnya in December, spoke clearly and had no obvious health problems during the hourlong speech.

24.   Pakistan responded by ordering its troops along its side of the border to exert restraint and proposing a dialogue with India.

25.   Pakistan responded by ordering its troops along its side of the border to exert restraint and proposing a dialogue.

26.   Philippine President Fidel Ramos ordered extra troops to the area after Manila discovered that China had built platforms on the reef.

27.   Rebel Serbs on Wednesday froze negotiations with Croatia until it reverses a decision to order U.N. troops out.

28.   Britain ordered more troops into Northern Ireland on Friday, beefing up its forces in anticipation of weeks of confrontations between militant Protestants and Catholics.

29.   Chief of Staff Gen. Arturo Enrile also denied ordering troops to make house-to-house searches to disarm Christians.

30.   China recently acknowledged building shelters for its fishermen on a reef in the Spratly Islands, causing the Philippines to order more troops to the area.