1.   CNN and Time apologized and retracted a story alleging U.S. commandos used nerve gas to kill American defectors during the Vietnam War.

2.   An hour before the team arrived at the Taj Samudra Hotel, anti-terrorist commandos used explosive detectors to sweep the hotel, even poking into flower pots.

3.   Elite police commandos used civilians as human shields during a battle with the separatist Tamil Tigers in eastern Sri Lanka, a local human rights group claimed Thursday.

4.   Fujimori toured the residence on Friday with Aoki and his wife, and television footage showed the president inspecting tunnels that commandos used to penetrate the compound grounds.

5.   If the operation took place, the report said, the commandos would use helicopters backed by air power and probably would move at night.

6.   On Wednesday, President Alberto Fujimori unveiled a replica of the building which was used by commandos to train for their rescue operation.

7.   The court condemned Britain and said the killings were unlawful because the commandos used more than minimum force.

8.   The commandos used blow torches to cut through barricaded doors on the ship, journalists on the chasing French frigate Prairial saw.

9.   The Greenpeace activists have protested that the French commandos used excessive force in breaking glass and throwing in tear-gas cannisters to flush them out after they barricades themselves inside.