31.   Halhoul is supposed to be the next West Bank town from which Israeli troops withdraw and Palestinian forces take control under the peace process.

32.   He carries a heavy load of memories of a homeland that was taken by force, leaving many of its people in refugee camps or under Israeli occupation.

33.   He said his troops would act as a kind of police force in the initial unsettled period until NATO forces took full control.

34.   He said thousands of civilians were killed when security forces took the northern city of Jaffna earlier this year, even bombing their boats as they tried to flee.

35.   He would not say whether French forces would take part in military strikes, however.

36.   If Hezbollah forces take control of the area, he said he would run for his life.

37.   In contrast, the opposition forces took great cheer from the conclusions and wasted no time in announcing them from loudspeakers to crowds of demonstrators in the streets Friday.

38.   In interviews Friday, the Clinton forces took pains to counter any impression that the president was personally tolerant of drug use.

39.   In that report, officials say, Cohen will maintain that NATO forces took the utmost care in selecting targets and that the targets were legitimate ones.

40.   In this, he suggested, the anti-Taliban forces might well take part as well.