21.   Overwhelmed and flustered by the chaos, Karremans said his men were powerless to do anything to protect the refugees crowding his compound.

22.   After failing to protect ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, NATO is pledging to protect refugees returning home.

23.   As illegal immigrants, they fall outside international law protecting refugees.

24.   As illegal immigrants, they fall outside international law protecting refugees and can be deported routinely, Casella said.

25.   As international pressure mounted on Kabila to explain why his rebels failed to protect the refugees from attacks by villagers, more survivors emerged to give their accounts.

26.   Blomberg said Monday he had worked out an agreement with Croatian officials to protect the refugees from possible reprisals when they are sent to the former Yugoslav republic.

27.   Burmese rebels urged Thailand Sunday to protect refugees fleeing attacks by Burmese government forces, accused of killing two refugees and a Thai on Thai soil.

28.   But local police chiefs were still on full alert to protect the refugees and to prevent the conflict from spreading, he said.

29.   But many Swedes feel a moral obligation to protect the refugees who were given temporary shelter from the fighting last year.

30.   But the Dutch military said that the Dutch were not to blame for the failure of the U.N. forces to halt the Serb advance and protect the refugees.