61.   Demotivated and poorly-paid government troops have done little to halt the advance of the rebels, looting towns they then surrender to the guerrillas.

62.   The Zairean military sent reinforcements and ammunition to the town in mid March to try to halt the advance.

63.   Zairean rebels have no plans to halt their advance on Kinshasa, the head of a leading group in the rebel alliance said Monday.

64.   Massood halted the advance at the gates of Kabul in March and now also wants to stop the Taliban bringing in extra troops.

65.   On Thursday, the LTTE said it halted the advance by Sri Lankan troops, pinning them down at Kondavil.

66.   The army has sent reinforcements northwards to try to halt rebel advances.

67.   The French intervention has failed to halt the advance of the rebels who clearly scent all-out military victory within their grasp.

68.   The key issue was that Kabila would now be judged on what his soldiers did on the ground -- do they march on Kinshasa or halt their advance definitively?

69.   The meeting, which had originally been scheduled for Saturday, coincided with a meeting in London of western powers seeking to halt the advance of Bosnian Serb forces.