41.   Russia, whose peacekeepers are deployed as a buffer force in the region, quickly welcomed such a meeting.

42.   Russia, whose peacekeepers are deployed as a buffer force in the region, had welcomed such a meeting.

43.   Russian peacekeepers also are deployed in the separatist Black Sea region of Abkhazia.

44.   Russian peacekeepers are now deployed in the region and Georgia continues to call on the separatist leadership to let the refugees return home.

45.   Russian peacekeepers have been deployed in the two regions under an agreement with Georgia, which has recently accused them of backing the separatists.

46.   Russian peacekeepers have been deployed to both provinces to act as a buffer force.

47.   Russian peacekeepers were deployed in the region, but peace efforts remain deadlocked.

48.   Several thousand U.N. peacekeepers have been deployed to monitor cease-fire violations.

49.   Secretary of State Colin Powell and incoming National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice are expected to deploy fewer peacekeepers in ethnic conflicts abroad.

50.   Since the end of the airstrikes, NATO-led peacekeepers have been deployed to Kosovo.