11.   Israeli officials blamed the Iranian-backed Hezbollah, the main Shiite group fighting to oust Israeli troops from south Lebanon.

12.   It is not clear whether Hezbollah, whose stated goal is to oust Israeli troops, will continue the fight after a withdrawal.

13.   Iran backs the Hezbollah guerrillas who are fighting to oust Israeli troops from southern Lebanon.

14.   Seven years after the Gulf War that ousted Iraqi troops from Kuwait, all channels between the emirate and Baghdad remain closed.

15.   Tehran offers assistance to Hezbollah guerrillas fighting to oust Israeli troops from the south.

16.   The government returned to power in March after a Nigerian-led West African force ousted junta troops led by Lt. Col. Johnny Paul Koroma.

17.   The Rwandan army also said it sent a group of commandos across the border overnight and helped the Tutsi rebels oust Zairian troops from Bukavu.

18.   The Taliban religious militia ordered a provincial capital evacuated Friday, fearing its residents were loyal to the former military leader whose troops were ousted a day earlier.

19.   Iraqi troops were ousted from the tiny oil-rich emirate seven months later by a US-led coalition.

20.   Peru confirmed the offensive, but said it was launched to oust Ecuadoran troops that had crossed the unmarked border.