21.   The army says it is patrolling the villages to protect the population and carry out searches for weapons.

22.   The principal goal is, however, taking out the Serb forces in Kosovo itself to protect the population and allow the return of refugees.

23.   The U.N. group said the nations had made progress in protecting sturgeon populations and needed the caviar revenue to fund more conservation programs.

24.   They also cited studies that drew a link between thyroid cancer and the Chernobyl blast, and say other European countries had taken immediate action to protect the population.

25.   Government promises to protect the population meant nothing, she said.

26.   Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned the daily massacre of civilians in Algeria and called for concrete measures to be adopted to protect the population.

27.   Chinese scientists Friday ruled out cloning humans but said new technology could be used to protect populations of pandas and other endangered species.

28.   It was given orders to protect UN personnel in Bosnia but is not under specific orders to protect civilian populations.

29.   Ntibantunganya in a message broadcast on radio and television Saturday appealed for immediate foreign intervention to prevent disaster, saying the state could no longer protect the population.