71.   The world had seemed more than ever set on a collision course with the Serbs since NATO defense ministers decided in Paris Saturday to form a rapid deployment force.

72.   U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan called for more rapid deployment forces Tuesday, admitting the world body often reacts too slowly to international conflicts.

73.   Former French minister for humanitarian aid Bernard Kouchner proposed Wednesday the creation of a rapid deployment force under UN command to end the bloodshed in Rwanda.

74.   He said Amnesty was calling for more rapid deployment of UN observers throughout Rwanda.

75.   He said the new transport plane would fill a hole in the logistics of supplying an eventual European rapid deployment force.

76.   A heavily armed rapid deployment force was airlifted to the area to try to track down the kidnappers.

77.   A rapid deployment force went into the area to search for the kidnapped group, which includes a British woman.

78.   A rapid deployment force went into the area to search for the kidnapped group, which included a British woman.

79.   A special rapid deployment unit raided the gate and brought a dozen demonstrators to the police station in nearby Tyn nad Vltavou in southern Bohemia, they said.

80.   A heavily armed rapid deployment force was airlifted to the area Thursday to try to track down the kidnappers.