41.   Musharraf said that Pakistan armed forces were ready to defend the country in the wake of massive buildup of troops by India.

42.   Silahcioglu said Sunday some rebels were eluding troops by blending into the local population.

43.   The Chechen government said its main buildings in central Grozny remained under the control of federal troops by nightfall, despite ongoing rebel attacks.

44.   The defense minister was replaced, a move that had been expected because of the routing of Zairian troops by the Tutsi-backed rebels.

45.   The guidelines identified assaults, raids, ambushes, placing of landmines, shellings and massing of troops by either side as aggressive actions.

46.   The first Palestinian police who will take control of Bethlehem from Israeli troops by Christmas raised the Palestinian flag Sunday over the biblical city.

47.   The rebels, using light weapons and rocket-propelled grenades, caught government troops by surprise with their attack which lasted about half an hour.

48.   The seizure was the biggest from Muslim-led troops by the NATO-led peace force since it arrived last December.

49.   The United Nations has decided to withdraw most peacekeepers from Bosnia, Canadian officials said Thursday, announcing plans to pull out virtually all their troops by November.

50.   They include removing unarmed military observers from the field and providing ways to protect troops by beefing up UN forces.