31.   The Palestinians claim that Israeli troops committed atrocities during the April attack, an accusation Israel vehemently denies, saying its forces tried to minimize civilian casualties.

32.   The senior U.N. human rights monitor for former Yugoslavia said Wednesday that Croatian troops committed atrocities against Serb soldiers and civilians during a snap offensive this month.

33.   The trip did not take Gil-Robles to sites where refugees and human rights groups have alleged that Russian troops committed atrocities such as executions and torture.

34.   They said Russian troops had committed atrocities and looted the village.

35.   In Syria, government daily Tishrin said Israeli resistance to the UN probe proved that Israeli troops had committed a massacre inside the camp.

36.   A retired rear admiral in the Argentine Navy has denied that British troops committed atrocities during the Falklands War.

37.   Bosnian Serb authorities denied Monday that their troops committed atrocities during the capture of the Moslem enclave of Srebrenica.

38.   Bosnian Serb authorities denied Monday that their troops committed atrocities during the capture of Srebrenica.

39.   Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic denied Sunday that his troops committed any atrocities during the war in Bosnia-Hercegovina.

40.   Croatia denied UN claims that its troops have committed human rights violations, but UN officials balked Friday at Croatian demands for an apology.