1.   A Russian official said Russian troops had secured the military airfield in Khankala, on the outskirts of the capital.

2.   But action cooled once the troops secured their blocking positions, and the United States gained the upper hand.

3.   For now, the guerrillas have fled into the mountains and the troops are securing a number of small towns throughout the region.

4.   Initially the United Nations had expected French troops to secure the bridge for humanitarian operations in the north but the Northern Alliance vetoed that idea.

5.   NATO troops have secured main highways and major towns, but not villages and the roads that connect them.

6.   Pentagon officials said the first troops could secure the Kigali airport, and the first relief flights could land, as soon as this weekend.

7.   A senior Bosnian government official Tuesday demanded U.N. troops secure a vital road into Sarajevo or clear out of Bosnia.

8.   Albanian Defense Minister Shaqir Vukaj said the troops will secure main supply roads, ports and the Tirana airport, but were not expected to accompany convoys.

9.   An anti-election strike shut down the capital of volatile Kashmir state and troops secured polling stations Friday, a day ahead of parliamentary elections in Srinagar.

10.   Annan has said U.N. peacekeepers would ensure that Lebanese troops secure the border once Israeli troops leave Lebanon.