1.   But less than a thousand Canadian and African troops are now in Rwanda, with the rest still to be trained to protect convoys and reassure returning villagers.

2.   Afghans and foreign aid workers are rebuilding irrigation channels to bring water from surrounding snowcapped mountains, and returning villagers are getting seeds and utensils to begin planting crops.

3.   The guerrillas were praised by the returning villagers or those who had stayed behind in the predominantly Shiite western part of what Israel had called its security zone.

4.   Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has said returning villagers have nothing to fear.

5.   Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic has said that returning villagers have nothing to fear.

6.   Foreign aid workers plan to help returning villagers with food rations to compensate for damaged crops.

7.   A similar unilateral return to another nearby village resulted in bloodshed and clashes when Serb police moved in to remove returning villagers.

8.   All the returning villagers appeared anxious to avoid giving cause for conflict at any price.