1.   Nigerian troops were also reported to be guarding key installations in the capital, Freetown.

2.   Three US marines and two Nigerian troops were slightly wounded, he said, while a third Nigerian was hit in the chest by a bullet.

3.   And despite the presence of British troops, and a U.N. force beefed up by the arrival of Nigerian troops, several bargaining chips remain in their hands.

4.   But some members of Congress have asked how the American public would react if American-trained Nigerian troops, using American equipment, commit human rights abuses.

5.   Nigerian troops battled the rebels as part of a West African force before the U.N. peacemakers arrived.

6.   One difficulty in training Nigerian troops is that some soldiers in Nigerian units are thought to have committed human rights abuses in Sierra Leone and at home.

7.   The Nigerian troops have been arriving by ship and plane from neighboring Liberia, where they serve in a regional peacekeeping force.

8.   The Nigerian troops chosen to be trained by the Americans are being closely monitored to weed out soldiers who have violated human rights, another administration official said.

9.   When Nigerian troops begin leaving Liberia in the thousands, as expected next month, it will be left without a properly trained national army.

10.   Piles of belongings allegedly looted by the rebels were gathered together in large piles on the roads as civilians danced and celebrated with the Nigerian troops.