31.   NATO formally ended one mission in Bosnia on Friday and began another one meant to stabilize the country and ensure it can one day stand on its own.

32.   Should its allies decide to end the mission, German troops will be in position to support the U.N. pullout, Ruehe added.

33.   The Security Council decided Friday to keep U.N. peacekeepers in the Central African Republic through November but said it wanted the mission to be ended after that.

34.   There has been growing pressure within the Security Council to end the mission.

35.   Thirty-six U.S. warplanes sent to this Gulf island during the recent Iraqi showdown have ended their mission, the official Gulf News Agency reported Friday.

36.   U.S. Navy ends Antarctica mission.

37.   U.S. officials rejected any talk of a date to end the mission.

38.   Venturoni said he did not exclude the possibility that some Italian soldiers would remain in Albania after the force officially ends its mission next month.

39.   He was due to end his mission on Sunday.

40.   However the station, originally planned to last just five years, is suffering growing upkeep problems, prompting talk of ending its mission.