31.   For the first time since Israeli troops withdrew from Gaza in May, shop shutters were sealed this weekend and many Palestinians feared leaving their homes.

32.   For more than a week, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has refused to negotiate until Eritrean troops withdraw from Ethiopia.

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

34.   Hamas is trying to derail a peace plan between Israel and Palestinian authorities in which Israeli troops eventually would withdraw from the West Bank.

35.   Hamas is trying to derail a peace plan between Israel and Palestinians authorities in which Israeli troops eventually would withdraw from the West Bank.

36.   He is seeking a cease-fire that would see Israeli troops withdraw from Palestinian cities and Palestinians take more action to stop militant attacks on Israelis.

37.   He had suggested that UN troops withdraw from the enclaves, but regroup in Sarajevo and central Bosnia.

38.   Hebron was a major hurdle in the negotiations on the West Bank disengagement, and Arafat insisted then that Israeli troops must withdraw from Hebron before the elections.

39.   Hopes are the force could buttress police efforts, speed civilian progress towards peace, and possibly remain as quasi-peacekeepers after overall NATO troops withdraw.

40.   In a later phase, Israeli troops will withdraw from rural Palestinian areas.