31.   Britain and France already have begun discussing creating a rapid deployment force for Bosnia, and Britain has begun strengthening its forces on the ground.

32.   But the soft-spoken man from Ghana knows the rapid deployment force faces formidable enemies.

33.   But with their forces pressed in the war-torn north, the mistrustful rebels appealed for a rapid deployment of U.N. observers to monitor the truce.

34.   For rapid deployment, the military will get new roll-on, roll-off container ships and air transports.

35.   France and Britain began discussions on forming a rapid deployment force, and Britain also started to boost its military force in Bosnia.

36.   France, Britain and the Netherlands will be among the countries participating in a new rapid deployment force approved in a high-level meeting of Western officials Saturday.

37.   France, Britain and the Netherlands will be among the countries participating in a new rapid deployment force approved in the Paris meeting of Western officials.

38.   He stressed, however, that the alliance could not wait until an agreement was in hand before starting to plan for rapid deployment of a large combat force.

39.   He stressed that the alliance could not wait until an agreement was in hand before starting to plan for rapid deployment of a large combat force.

40.   In Addis Ababa on Wednesday, Annan urged both sides to provide the U.N. mission with maps of land mines as soon as possible to facilitate their rapid deployment.