31.   Sacirbey, on a visit to Vienna, Austria, indicated that the troop buildup north of Sarajevo is designed to help break the Serb hold on the city.

32.   Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev and Interior Minister Viktor Yerin arrived Friday in the southern Russian city of Mozdok, where the troop buildup was concentrated.

33.   Since then, India has started amassing troops on its frontier with Pakistan demanding a crackdown on militants, and Pakistan has responded with its own troop buildup.

34.   Sporadic shelling was heard in southern Lebanon on Monday, but there were no signs of a troop buildup.

35.   Still, there were media reports of Russian troop buildups near the border.

36.   Syria and Israel traded charges of troop buildups and military preparations in the Golan Heights, with both sides warning of a possible outbreak of fighting.

37.   The fighting late Friday came in response to a troop buildup by the Taliban rebels, who have been besieging Kabul since September.

38.   The Indonesian military launched a major troop buildup Wednesday in a riot-torn provincial capital, but unrest broke out despite the presence of the reinforcements.

39.   The letter made no reference to the troop buildup, which has alarmed opposition leaders and residents of affected communities.

40.   The massive troop buildup along the frontier with Pakistan will continue, the president said, in his customary address at the opening of the annual budget session.