21.   The Russian media has said the Russian troops may halt their incursion along this line.

22.   The river cuts across northern Chechnya, and the Russian media has said Russian troops may halt their incursion along this line.

23.   The rebels accused President Joao Bernardo Vieira of corruption and demanded that he step down, but their revolt was halted by troops from neighboring Senegal who aided Vieira.

24.   High alert allows the troops to halt any vehicle and enter any building.

25.   A high alert allows the troops to halt any vehicle and enter any building.

26.   Russian troops had halted their bombardment of Samashki in western Chechnya and were now clearing the village of mines, Tikhomirov said.

27.   The demonstrators had built barricades of burning tyres and the ECOMOG troops halted traffic, AFP journalists at the scene reported.

28.   The international troops largely halted the bloodshed but border skirmishes continued.