31.   Last May, it was on Vrbanja bridge where French troops then serving as U.N. peacekeepers faced a deadly Serb ambush in which one Frenchman and two Serbs died.

32.   Many countries whose troops are serving in Kosovo have sent or are now sending medical teams to examine soldiers for ill effects.

33.   McLachlan also visited World War I battlefields in the Somme region, where Australian troops served, the spokesman said.

34.   NATO is intent on leading the peacekeeping force, while Russia has been equally insistent that its troops not serve under NATO command.

35.   NATO Secretary-General Javier Solana suggested a structure like that used successfully in Bosnia, when Russian troops served with their own commanders, but under NATO control.

36.   Nigerian troops served in Croatia, Bosnia and along the Iraq-Kuwait border.

37.   Russia had wanted its own sector, but under the agreement, Russian troops will serve in the U.S., French and German sectors.

38.   Russian troops already have served in Bosnia as U.N. peacekeepers.

39.   Russian troops will serve under Russian command and control and Russians will work with NATO commanders in each of the sectors overseen by NATO allies within Kosovo.

40.   Russia had wanted its own sector, but under the agreement, Russian troops will serve in each of the five sectors.