31.   Debate is meanwhile raging over whether medical graduates should do compulsory service in rural areas after qualifying.

32.   Defense Minister Volker Ruehe unveiled an advertising campaign Tuesday aimed persuading young Germans that compulsory military service is not a waste of time.

33.   Every year, thousands of young Russian men try to avoid compulsory military service by obtaining health exemptions and deferrals for education, or simply paying bribes.

34.   He has deluged voters with promises ranging from making up unpaid wages to ending compulsory military service for young men.

35.   However, the Jerusalem Post quoted army officials as saying Tenenbaum would begin his three-year compulsory service shortly.

36.   In Israel, women are drafted for nearly two years while men do three years of compulsory service.

37.   India is a popular tourist destination for Israelis, particulalrly young men and women taking a break after their compulsory military service.

38.   Military chiefs hope that shortening compulsory service would decrease the hazing of new soldiers by longer-serving ones.

39.   Military authorities have said he refused to answer an army call for the compulsory service during the conflict.

40.   Ocalan was already being tried in absentia on charges of separatist terrorism and evading compulsory military service.