1.   In order to address these concerns, the Pentagon insists that civilians would have control of any active duty troops sent to a crisis zone.

2.   Its executive committee met on Thursday to be briefed on the current crisis zone in Africa, an area known as the Great Lakes region.

3.   Kull bases those conclusions on a series of detailed polls probing attitudes toward US involvement in peace-keeping in all the recent UN crisis zones.

4.   One such measure would be to monitor, counter and block radio and TV broadcasts that incite widespread violence in crisis zones around the world.

5.   Humanitarian relief increasingly serves as a face-saving alibi for nations hesitant to engage more boldly in crisis zones such as Bosnia and Rwanda, a major aid agency contends.

6.   The largest relief organization in Bosnia, Rwanda and numerous other crisis zones is the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees.

7.   We have not entered into a crisis zone where economic activity spirals sharply downwards.

8.   In Goma, hub of the eastern Zairean crisis zone, the situation appeared to be deteriorating, with the sound of heavy gunfire echoing round the hills.

9.   In Goma, the hub of the eastern Zairean crisis zone, the situation appeared to be deteriorating with the sound of heavy gunfire echoing round the hills.

10.   After several weeks of uneasy calm, a number of armed incidents have been registered in the former crisis zone, government officials said.