21.   In the Chechen capital, meanwhile, Russian military engineers on Monday blew up the remaining staircases in the gutted presidential palace.

22.   Military engineers are conducting surveys to see if any more mines remain undetected in the area.

23.   Military engineers are working to repair parts of the huge airstrip hit by American bombs and other teams explode mines and live munitions using a remote-controlled vehicle.

24.   Military engineers remain to build bridges, roads, schools.

25.   Military engineers are searching to see if other mines remain undetected in the area.

26.   On Monday, Russian military engineers blew up the remaining staircases in the gutted palace, destroyed during fierce fighting last winter between rebel Chechens and the Russian army.

27.   On the ground in Honduras, U.S. military engineers and Seabees are rebuilding roads and temporary bridges to help aid get through.

28.   Romanian Foreign Minister Mircea Geoana says U.S. military engineers are expected in both Romania and Bulgaria within months to assess ports and air bases.

29.   The troops, requested by Washington, will include military engineers and specialists in countering chemical and biological warfare.

30.   U.S. military engineers have been working on the construction of a pontoon bridge across the Sava, which forms the border between Bosnia and Croatia.