21.   Former rebel leader Riak Machar says his troops will join the government in fighting his onetime colleagues who have seized a strip in eastern Sudan.

22.   French troops joined loyal government troops Friday in trying to put down a mutiny by soldiers demanding months of back pay.

23.   French troops joined forces with government soldiers in each rebellion to help protect the presidency.

24.   French troops joined with government soldiers in each rebellion to help protect the presidency.

25.   He replied that it was far more likely that defecting Taliban troops would join opposition forces like the northern alliance.

26.   He was the seventh American serviceman to die since U.S. troops joined the force in or around Bosnia.

27.   Hezb-e-Islami troops have also joined government forces as part of an agreement to establish a joint security force for Kabul.

28.   He suggested that those troops could join a U.N. mission and U.N. funding would encourage other donors.

29.   In each case, French troops joined with government soldiers to protect the presidency.

30.   In each case, French troops joined government soldiers to protect the presidency.