41.   Stepashin, who met later with leaders of the Chechen provisional government, said it was crucial to disarm rebel militias and to stop raids on federal troops.

42.   The Election Commission has ordered police to disarm private militias and shoot anyone caught trying to stuff ballot boxes or rig the vote.

43.   The move to disarm the militias was prompted by international outrage over the murders of three U.N. workers by militiamen,

44.   The strongmen kept on vowing to disarm their militias, most recently just eight days ago.

45.   The U.N. administrator for East Timor, Sergio Vieira de Mello, told ambassadors that the militias must be disarmed, disbanded and their leaders must be arrested.

46.   They would round up illegal weapons, disarm militias and prevent attacks by Palestinian militants on Israelis.

47.   U.N. officials said participants insisted that their mission would not include disarming the militias.

48.   U.S. and Canadian officials have emphasized that the multinational force would not attempt to disarm the militias, although troops would be authorized to use force to defend themselves.

49.   Violence erupted in the capital that day when government troops attempted to disarm a militia loyal to former leader Gen. Denis Sassou-Nguesso.

50.   U.S. wants Hun Sen to partly disarm his militia, allow ousted rival to return for elections.