71.   Army officials said the two soldiers were killed in a gunbattle with militants, but police said the militants ambushed the soldiers at a checkpoint.

72.   At the army camp, she has to prove her strength and intelligence before being accepted by the other soldiers.

73.   Besides the five soldiers, a senior commander in the Israel-allied South Lebanon Army died in Hezbollah attacks last week.

74.   Before their arrest the three soldiers were serving with th Royal Green Jackets Regiment at the British sovereign base of Dhekelia in southern Cyprus near Ayia Napa.

75.   But the military claimed the two soldiers were killed by rebels fighting for independence of Irian Jaya.

76.   But refused to elaborate on details, including when the eight soldiers would be freed and whether any ethnic Albanian prisoners would be exchanged for them.

77.   But when the bishop returned from Zababde, the two soldiers aimed their rifles at the car again, he said.

78.   Charges against the other soldiers were dropped because of insufficient evidence.

79.   Dornan said he expected the two soldiers to resume their regular duties.

80.   Dunlop had no information on whether the two soldiers were the only members of their six-man patrol to shoot.