61.   The rebels apparently were headed for the surrounding hills, but Interior Ministry officials had said troops were monitoring the column to prevent the rebels from escaping.

62.   The soldiers blew up the disabled helicopter to prevent rebels from getting it, the officials said.

63.   The Turkish foreign ministry summoned a top Iranian diplomat Sunday and asked Tehran to prevent rebels from crossing the border to find refuge there.

64.   Turkey declared last week that it would set up a buffer zone in northern Iraq to prevent the rebels from entering Turkey.

65.   Turkey has said it will send troops into northern Iraq to prevent Kurdish rebels from crossing its border.

66.   Turkey is trying to maintain a security zone in northern Iraq to prevent the rebels from staging cross-border attacks.

67.   Thousands of policemen were deployed to try to prevent the rebels, who have urged a boycott, from disrupting the vote.

68.   To prevent rebels from regrouping in the area, where Baghdad has no authority, government forces cross the Iraqi border regularly to destroy rebel hideouts.

69.   While opposing a buffer zone as a threat to its sovereignty, Baghdad has offered to cooperate with Turkey to prevent Kurdish rebels from infiltrating into Turkey.

70.   Zambia has said it will remain neutral in the conflict and prevent rebels from mounting attacks from its side of the border.