1.   But the troops pushed to the outskirts of Beirut.

2.   Iraqi troops pushed the PUK from the main city of Irbil on Saturday and U.N. officials reported on Monday that all Iraqi units had withdrawn from the city.

3.   Israeli troops also pushed into the Ein Beit Elma refugee camp, on the outskirts of battle-torn Nablus, rounding up suspected militants.

4.   Marines would be assigned to capture Cap-Haitien in the north, and Army infantry troops would push into the countryside from the capital of Port-au-Prince.

5.   Since May, the government troops have pushed the rebels out of the hills around Ruhengeri.

6.   Still, Posen said NATO troops would eventually push their way in, possibly after a few days of quite intense fighting.

7.   The Associated Press quoted an opposition official as saying his troops had pushed into Kandahar, where they met resistance from Taliban forces.

8.   There were reports from diplomats, and officials of the United Nations and other agencies that Rwandan government troops had pushed across the border into Goma.

9.   They dispersed after Israeli troops pushed them out of the way and fired tear gas.

10.   A presidential spokesman, Zafar Saidov, told the Interfax news agency that government troops were pushing on toward Garm to the northeast.