41.   Nine people have been reported killed, said Police Lt. John Reeves, who arrived Thursday with a police contingent from Curacao.

42.   Peacekeeping contingents from Guatemala, Honduras, India, the Philippines and Suriname have already departed.

43.   Qatar also pulled its contingent from joint GCC military maneuvers in Kuwait in apparent protest.

44.   Reineri said Jayasinghe was flanked by a large contingent from the Sri Lankan track federation.

45.   Secretary-General Kofi Annan will head a contingent from the United Nations, including Sadako Ogata and Mary Robinson, high commissioners for refugees and human rights.

46.   She was cheered by a large contingent from her homeland featuring Croat President Stipe Mesic.

47.   The current force has troops from nearly two dozen countries, with the largest contingents from Britain and Germany.

48.   The blue-clad Japanese fans overwhelmed the noisy black, green and gold contingent from Jamaica on another rainy day at the Stade de Gerland.

49.   The death was the first among the small contingent from neutral Austria, which is participating for the first time in an operation led by the Atlantic alliance.

50.   The decision to withdraw the peacekeepers follows a decision by Britain in April to pull out its contingent from Gorazde.