31.   Walker, the NATO general, rejected criticism by government officials that the U.S. troops should have protected the men from Bosnian Serb police instead of turning them over.

32.   Walker rejected criticism by government officials that the U.S. troops should have protected the men from Bosnian Serb police instead of turning them over to them.

33.   He said Marines and Filipino troops were protecting a US Navy construction task force on the island.

34.   Israeli troops protect three main settlement areas, including the Erez industrial and settlement zone in the north of the strip.

35.   Officials said Israeli troops were protecting the construction workers while several dozen Palestinians and leftwing Israeli protested at the Ephrat site.

36.   Officials said Israeli troops were protecting the construction workers while several dozen Palestinians and leftwing Israelis protested at the site.

37.   Officials said Israeli troops were protecting the construction workers while several dozen Palestinians and leftwing Israelis protested at the Ephrat site.

38.   Senior Israeli officials have questioned the wisdom of maintaining Netzarim, which is surrounded by barbed wire and protected by troops, during Palestinian autonomy.

39.   State radio and television were also protected by troops but they put out normal programmes.

40.   State radio and television were protected by troops but they broadcast scheduled programmes.