41.   In response, France and Britain began dkscussions on forming a rapid deployment force, and Britain also started to boost its military force in Bosnia.

42.   In response, France and Britain began discussions on forming a rapid deployment force, and Britain also started to boost its military force in Bosnia.

43.   In Paris, the French announced agreement among European and NATO defense ministers on formation of a rapid deployment force to bolster the U.N. mission in Bosnia.

44.   In his first presidential campaign four years ago Clinton spoke of deep U.S. involvement with the United Nations, typified by the idea of a U.N. rapid deployment force.

45.   It was unclear how the U.S. troops would interact with the rapid deployment force that NATO defense ministers decided on Saturday to form.

46.   It was unclear how the U.S. troops would interact with the rapid deployment force that NATO defense ministers have decided to form.

47.   Italy, France, Spain and Portugal on Saturday inaugurated a new defense land force aimed at providing rapid deployment for humanitarian missions or peacekeeping duties.

48.   Meeting in Paris on Saturday, European and NATO defense ministers agreed to form the rapid deployment force to deter attacks on U.N. peacekeepers in Bosnia.

49.   Mistrustful UNITA rebels appealed for rapid deployment of U.N. observers to monitor the cease-fire.

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