41.   It was not immediately clear whether the extra troops had anything to do with the Americans.

42.   Kozyrev said that, although reassured, the Russian government planned to scrutinize carefully any new U.N. Security Council resolution on extra U.N. troops in Bosnia.

43.   Manila deployed extra troops to the islets and ordered Chinese markers in Philippine-claimed areas blown up.

44.   Manila said they could have military value and deployed extra troops to the islets, while Chinese markers were blown up.

45.   Most of the extra troops and police have been deployed in the western and northern parts of the province, where clashes have been intensifying.

46.   No one was injured, and both Israel and the Palestinians sent extra troops to the site, just inside the Israeli-controlled part of Hebron.

47.   No extra troops had been sent to the region, but rapid deployment forces were ready to counter any incursions onto Thai soil, Surayud said.

48.   No numbers of the extra troops was immediately available.

49.   Responding to the threats, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin ordered extra troops rushed to the Gaza Strip to protect Jewish settlements and to the West Bank to prevent riots.

50.   Prime Minister Tony Blair was to announce the number of extra troops in the House of Commons later Tuesday.