81.   Four Canadian troops killed in wo with life-threatening injuries, in a training accident near Kandahar, Afghanistan, the Defense Ministry said early Thursday.

82.   He said unarmed Canadian troops would accompany relief workers making a foot patrol into the area Friday.

83.   In a sign the offensive is winding up, Canadian troops were flying out of Shahi Kot valley in Chinook transport helicopters, an AFP reporter there reported.

84.   In Kandahar US and Canadian troops were boosting defences around the coalition base there after two US soldiers were injured in an attack late Wednesday.

85.   In southern Afghanistan meanwhile, US and Canadian troops were boosting defences around the coalition base in Kandahar after two US soldiers were injured in an attack late Wednesday.

86.   In southern Afghanistan, US and Canadian troops worked to boost defences around their coalition base in Kandahar amid signs an unknown enemy was trying to penetrate it.

87.   In Bosnia, when the United Nations was responsible for the peacekeeping missions, Canadian troops have been accused of rape, selling weapons and mistreating mental patients.

88.   A lengthy inquiry into the behaviour of Canadian troops in the US-led multinational force that tried unsuccessfully to restore order in Somalia is approaching its second anniversary.

89.   A spokesman said there had been no Canadian troop movements since Saturday when it was decided to move the multinational force headquarters from Entebbe, Uganda, to Kampala.

90.   After the end of November, a few Canadian troops will remain in the Balkans, notably observers in Zagreb and Sarajevo, Ouellet said.