1.   The troops will join the police, who were reluctantly involved yesterday after the London ambulance service said it could not cope.

2.   Canadian, French and United States aircraft were based in the country and Qatari troops joined the GCC contingent of the anti-Iraqi coalition in Saudi Arabia.

3.   GCC troops subsequently joined the United States-led multinational forces opposing Iraq.

4.   For the first time, German troops will join the force in Bosnia.

5.   He also denied reports that Angolan troops had joined the rebel side.

6.   He said he might let troops join a mission organized by the United Nations or the Organization of African Unity.

7.   Instead, the Maginot Line was reinforced, while the remaining troops joined the British on the Belgian border.

8.   Its Constitutional Court ruled that German troops might henceforth join foreign military ventures under the aegis of the United Nations and other worthy international groups to which Germany belongs.

9.   Northern Alliance commanders said they hoped that many Taliban troops would join them once the fighting started.

10.   Several thousand U.S. troops will join a new international aid mission to the African country of Zaire, White House spokesman Mike McCurry said.