101.   Mandela praised security forces during a local election campaign rally Sunday, saying they were being reformed and led by men loyal to the new democratic government.

102.   Meanwhile, the rebels fighting to topple the Taliban claimed Thursday they had taken a key central province after heavy fighting with Taliban forces during the night.

103.   Mandela and the ANC consider the commission crucial to uncovering years of covert killings and torture by government security forces during the anti-apartheid struggle.

104.   Many of the Kxoe people had been recruited by apartheid-era South African security forces during its occupation of Namibia.

105.   Northern alliance says it will not oppose an international security force during an interim administration.

106.   One was shot to death by Israeli forces during a riot near a refugee camp, according to Palestinians.

107.   One was shot to death Thursday by Israeli forces during a riot near a refugee camp, according to Palestinians.

108.   Officials in Chechnya on Tuesday began investigating reports of abuses by Russian forces during an eight-day security sweep of two villages in the separatist region.

109.   Okinawa was captured by U.S. forces during World War II.

110.   Only as Kosovo comes under international control will officials get any firm sense of how many ethnic Albanians were killed by Serb forces during the conflict.