1.   The following day General Ivanov was instructed to assemble loyal forces near the capital to restore order.

2.   And the officials have let Karzai, who has been leading forces near Kandahar, know of their worries.

3.   A U.N. vehicle was hijacked on Monday by Croatian Serb forces near Knin and a Kenyan U.N. soldier was killed when he attempted to resist.

4.   Alliance forces near Mazar-e-Sharif are surrounded and can be resupplied only by helicopter.

5.   By his show of force near the border with Kuwait, President Saddam Hussein of Iraq may have harmed his chances of having economic sanctions lifted early.

6.   Develop early warning capability to alert tactical forces of near presence of nonfriendly personnel or vehicles.

7.   Elite British and Australian commandos prepared to join U.S. special operations forces near Afghanistan.

8.   Eyewitnesses said Taliban forces near Kabul responded with heavy salvos of anti-aircraft fire and what appeared to be an anti-aircraft missile.

9.   Friday night, Palestinian gunmen clashed again with Israeli forces near here.

10.   In recent weeks, Serbian forces near the Albanian-Kosovo border have taken a heavy pounding.