1.   A day after repelling a militia ambush, international peacekeepers spread out across rocky terrain today to prevent militiamen from entering East Timor to launch further attacks.

2.   Soares is charged with failing to prevent militiamen under his command from taking part in a widespread and systematic murder campaign in East Timor.

3.   Meanwhile, in areas where nothing had prevented militiamen disarming before the deadline fell, ECOMOG troops began their first patrols in search of illegal arms Saturday.

4.   Meanwhile, in areas where nothing had prevented militiamen disarming before the deadline fell, peacekeeping troops began their first patrols in search of illegal arms Saturday.