51.   Foreign Undersecretary Rodolfo Severino said the accord, which provides legal protections for American personnel visiting the Philippines for military exercises, could be completed this year.

52.   He said it was not a military compound, but it was widely known that American military personnel worked there.

53.   He thanked American personnel for having helped end the war in Bosnia.

54.   Hours after the warning, American military personnel at the base said they still did not know the reason for the pre-dawn alarm.

55.   However, American personnel who violate Philippine laws while off duty would be subject to prosecution by Philippine authorities.

56.   However, American personnel who violate Philippine laws while off duty will be subject to prosecution by Philippine authorities.

57.   In Austria, Germany, Colombia and other countries, local laws protect locally hired employees, so staff reductions affect only American personnel.

58.   In the Spangdahlem air base in Germany, U.S. President Bill Clinton rallied American military personnel entering the seventh week of a NATO air assault on Yugoslavia.

59.   Iraq demanded during the crisis that the commission reduce its proportion of American personnel, whom it accused of spying, and increase its non-U.S. staff levels.

60.   It said five American military personnel were taken to hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.