51.   The update probably will develop a broader approach from merely defending NATO territory to defending NATO interests, one official said.

52.   There was a split between air defense, which defended NATO territory, and air operations, which is supposed to bring fire to the enemy.

53.   Today, the Bosnian army bears little resemblance to the tennis-shoed, bullet-rationing brigade that initially defended government territory.

54.   Washington is awaiting a Japanese government decision on whether it wants to jointly build such a system for defending Japanese territory.

55.   Yugoslav president says his army will defend its territory if NATO threatens.

56.   Ghaus also warned another Taliban rival, northern warlord Abdul Rashid Dostam, to cooperate or face attack and not to seek outside help in defending his territory.

57.   Both teams defended their territory well in the initial stages.

58.   But committee members attacked the United Nations special rapporteur on human rights, Gaspar Biro, and defended the right of the Khartoum government to defend its territory.

59.   But the expiry time passed at dawn Thursday without the Russian offensive feared by Chechnya inhabitants who had converged on Grozny to defend their territory.

60.   The Taliban have warned him not to seek outside help from neighbouring Central Asian republics to defend his territory.