21.   Troops have been put on special alert for the Wednesday holiday marking the end of World War II in Europe.

22.   He said that since former Israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by a Jewish extremist last year, the Israeli security services were on special alert.

23.   In reaction, the South Korean military authorities issued a special alert.

24.   In Seoul Kim Young-Sam called an emergency security meeting to discuss the situation, and the military was placed on special alert, state television said.

25.   In Seoul Kim Young-Sam summoned an emergency security meeting to discuss the situation, and the military was placed on special alert, state television said.

26.   But the statement had prompted no special alert, he emphasised.

27.   The Taiwan army has been on a special alert for several weeks.

28.   No French units are currently on special alert.

29.   Police said their forces had been put on special alert for the day, with hundreds of extra policemen being brought in to handle the situation.

30.   The move prompted the South Korean military authorities to issue a special alert on its side.