31.   The deal set the stage for a speedy Israeli troop withdrawal from biblical Bethlehem, whose residents had been kept under round-the-clock curfews for more than five weeks.

32.   U.N. peacekeepers squared off against Bosnian Serb troops in a tense standoff on a key Sarajevo road Friday, amid an upsurge of violence that kept many residents inside.

33.   Whitman said the goal is to keep residents in the neighborhood.

34.   Later, there were signs the situation was calming down after a day of intermittent shooting -- sometimes intense -- which kept many residents indoors.

35.   Saleh said business at his shop had virtually ground to a halt as the closure of Burqa keeps residents from working.

36.   Security was tighter as police lined the route and kept residents behind demarcated lines.

37.   The bulldozers sent by the Jerusalem municipality tore down the homes in the Wadi Kaddoum district, as Israeli soldiers kept local residents at a distance.