51.   The discoveries add weight to calls for the United Nations to send forensic specialists to investigate alleged atrocities in East Timor for a possible international criminal tribunal.

52.   The general was referring to mounting evidence of mass graves and atrocities being uncovered by NATO peacekeepers and Western forensic specialists in the province.

53.   The small, sealed metal container was taken to forensic specialists, the sergeant said.

54.   An Australian Federal Police forensic specialist is also travelling to Phnom Penh to help in the forensic identification of the remains.

55.   The statement said that Singapore had earlier agreed to a proposal by Ramos that the findings of forensic specialists from the two countries be subject to independent evaluation.

56.   The recovery team included four forensic specialists from the Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii, as well as three officials from the Defence POW Missing Personnel Office in Washington.

57.   Officers heading the investigation had gone to the site of the discovery, accompanied by state prosecutor Pierre Honore and a forensic specialist.

58.   Officials in Canberra said an Australian Federal Police forensic specialist was en route to Phnom Penh to help in identification of the remains.

59.   Some remains were transfered to laboratories in the Honduran capital Tuesday and Wednesday to allow forensic specialists to identify the bodies.

60.   The depth of the grave site would not be revealed until after five to six weeks of work, the forensic specialist said.