11.   Police say they have broken up a plot to assassinate a number of government and police officials and arrested two masterminds, including a former army sergeant.

12.   Police arrested three army sergeants who deserted their unit in the Ural Mountains and are suspected of killing a local motorist during their escape, news reports said Tuesday.

13.   A bomb exploded near a bus stop used by military personnel on Monday, killing an army sergeant and injuring five other people.

14.   A captured smuggler, Zef Kqiraj, claimed he bought the weapons in Albania from an Albanian army sergeant.

15.   A former Guyanese army sergeant who now lives in the United States is urging supporters to begin a race war in this South American country.

16.   A bomb exploded near a bus stop used by military personnel on Monday, killing an army sergeant and injuring three other people.

17.   A former army sergeant convicted of murdering a family of four has been executed in the province of Central Sulawesi, the daily Suara Pembaruan reported.

18.   A former interior minister, a deputy, a dozen policemen and an army sergeant were later brought to trial over alleged connections between the government and the mafia.

19.   A Lebanese army sergeant was killed and a civilian man was wounded in the shellfire, according to police in Nabatiyeh.

20.   A military court on Thursday convicted a U.S. army sergeant of raping a subordinate, indecent assault and three counts of forcible sodomy.