51.   Rumsfeld said the extra troops will help the United States improve its bombing campaign by pinpointing targets and coordinating with forces opposing the Taliban.

52.   Residents of south Lebanon say Israel has sent in extra troops and has taken over patrol duties from the SLA.

53.   Security has been tightened ahead of the vote, with extra troops sent to checkpoints and polling places.

54.   Security was tighter than usual along the Champs-Elysees, with extra troops on side streets.

55.   Rumsfeld said the extra troops are crucial to U.S. efforts to improve the bombing campaign by pinpointing targets and coordinating with opposition forces.

56.   Rumsfeld said the extra U.S. troops would be placed with a wider ring of rebel forces, in both northern and southern Afghanistan.

57.   Taking the threats seriously, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin ordered extra troops rushed to the Gaza Strip to protect Jewish settlements and to the West Bank to prevent riots.

58.   Taking the threats seriously, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin sent extra troops to the Gaza Strip to protect Jewish settlements and to the West Bank to prevent riots.

59.   Tamaela said the military had sent in extra troops to try to stop the violence on Halmahera, but he said he did not know if clashes had ended.

60.   The extra troops were sent here in the event a round of municipal elections turned sour.