1.   In addition to the general training, some troops have completed specialized courses.

2.   One former militia intelligence officer, cooking supper on a hot plate, noted that Israeli troops had completed their pullout without a single casualty.

3.   Russian troops are completing the encirclement of the city.

4.   They have also emphasized the importance of training the Afghan army to take over responsibility for areas once coalition troops have completed their sweeps through the area.

5.   A cease-fire signed in August has largely held and Russian troops are completing their withdrawal from Chechnya, but tensions have been rising in recent weeks.

6.   After the invasion, U.S. troops completed the airport.

7.   He has only visited the West Bank in brief day trips since Israeli troops completed their withdrawal from seven of eight West Bank towns in December.

8.   In the town of Shali, meanwhile, Russian troops completed an operation that included house-to-house searches for rebels, officials of the Grozny government reported.

9.   Israeli troops have completed Bethlehem pullout, the military says.

10.   Last week, Israeli troops completed a six-week sweep that targeted militants in the Palestinian cities and towns of the West Bank.