11.   Italian helicopters evacuated foreigners, including journalists, Monday.

12.   Most foreigners had been evacuated from the country over the weekend on the decks of overcrowded Portuguese, Chinese and Senegalese merchant ships.

13.   Separately, the United States and Belgium, the former colonial power, are working on plans to evacuate foreigners if the need arises.

14.   The French troops sent in to evacuate foreigners have had a calming effect.

15.   The fighting, which has spread from Brazzaville to other parts of the country, prompted the French military to evacuate most foreigners from the country in June.

16.   The French Defense Ministry announced Monday night that two French soldiers were wounded by gunfire while evacuating foreigners.

17.   The Portuguese Foreign Ministry said the vessels are intended to evacuate foreigners.

18.   The reports of renewed unrest come after three U.S. amphibious ships based in the Adriatic Sea headed to Liberia on Thursday to help evacuate foreigners.

19.   The pictures - shot at the airport on Monday - show French troops evacuating foreigners from the city, heavy security around the airport and distant fighting.

20.   The reports of renewed unrest come after three U.S. amphibious ships based in the Adriatic Sea headed to Liberia Thursday to help evacuate foreigners.