21.   A communist rebel chief has ordered intensified attacks on government targets despite peace talks between the rebels and the government, the Philippine defense chief said Tuesday.

22.   Allied defense chiefs are preparing to strike back at the Bosnian Serbs by establishing the first attack force ever to be under the command of the United Nations.

23.   Allied defense chiefs wrapped up a two-day meeting in this southern Dutch city with their counterparts from Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic.

24.   An Eastern alliance defense chief says his troops also surround a large number of al-Qaida guerrillas on a mountain ridge.

25.   Anti-Taliban fighters and administrators had been staying in the building, said Mohammed Zeman, the anti-Taliban defense chief for Nangarhar province.

26.   Another provincial official, defense chief Mohammed Zeman, said local anti-Taliban authorities had complained to the Americans that they were bombing in the wrong place.

27.   As defense chief, he could impose such a ban across the Canadian Forces on overseas tours.

28.   At least seven people died, including the defense chief, and several were injured in scattered violence or attacks on Mobutu cronies.

29.   At least three people died, including the defense chief, and several were injured in scattered violence or attacks on Mobutu cronies.

30.   British defense chiefs have argued that the ban is essential for the maintenance of military discipline.