41.   They will monitor the ceasefire as Ecuadoran and Peruvian troops disengage, creating a demilitarized zone between the two countries.

42.   Top Ecuadoran military leaders, however, quickly denied that the bases had fallen to Peruvian troops.

43.   Tuesday, Peruvian general General Daniel Mora said a number of Peruvian troops were wounded by land mines planted by Ecuadoran forces.

44.   Thirty Ecuadoran soldiers and six Peruvian troops were killed in four days of fighting along their disputed border in the Amazon basin, military sources said here Sunday.

45.   Mora said Peruvian troops were not being mobilized toward the buffer zone, but he admitted fresh Peruvian troops were replacing those already in position near the area.

46.   Mora said Peruvian troops were not being moved toward the buffer zone, but he admitted fresh Peruvian troops were replacing those already in position near the area.

47.   On Tuesday, Peruvian elite troops stormed the mansion to free the captives, killing the hostage-takers.

48.   Peruvian troops attacked an Ecuadoran military outpost Friday in at least the third such clash this month over a long disputed stretch of border land.

49.   Peruvian troops have been trained by US forces in Panama in simulated attacks on the compound, the report said, according to the La Republica daily.

50.   President Sixto Duran Ballen announced Sunday that Ecuador would accept a ceasefire as Peruvian troops forced back Ecuadoran forces in heavy fighting along their border in the Amazon.