1.   French soldiers took control of key installations in the capital, joining loyalist troops trying to crush an army revolt that has killed at least five civilians.

2.   Grossly outnumbered police squads prowled the streets as civil unrest escalated in the wake of an army revolt against Prime Minister Sir Julius Chan.

3.   The Iraqi offensive was the largest since the army crushed simultaneous revolts by the Kurds in the north and Shiite Muslims in the south after the Gulf War..

4.   His comments follow an abortive army revolt last Monday.

5.   The Paraguayan Air force pledged on Tuesday to defend President Juan Carlos Wasmosy amid reports that he was facing an army revolt.

6.   Observers believe there is tension between Rahman and Biswas, a member of the BNP, regarding decisions taken by the president over the failed army revolt.

7.   Paraguayan Foreign Minister Luis Maria Ramirez Boettner on Tuesday denied reports that President Juan Carlos Wasmosy has resigned in the face of the threat of an army revolt.