41.   On Thursday three unarmed U.N. observers and two armed peacekeepers were hurt in scuffles with Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon, the U.N. peacekeeping force commander said.

42.   Rebel in remote southeastern Sierra Leone are running low on ammunition and food, a West African intervention force commander said.

43.   The council will also decide replacements for four retiring force commanders.

44.   The commander of Bosnian Serb forces, Gen. Ratko Mladic and government forces commander Gen. Rasim Delic were originally expected to take part.

45.   The force commander, Lt. Gen. Mike Jackson, was to fly by helicopter for an afternoon news conference at the airport.

46.   The inspection of Luanda Norte led by U.N. force commander Gen. Philip Sibanda found no evidence of heavy combat in the towns visited.

47.   The insurgents said the attack was repulsed and the force commander, two tanks and vehicles were captured.

48.   The launching of strikes by those planes, however, would still require a formal request from the U.N. force commander.

49.   The same group of rebellious soldiers then captured the defense force commander, Brig.-Gen. Leo Nuia, at his residence in Port Moresby on Monday morning.

50.   The reluctance of Janvier, the U.N. forces commander, to order air strikes against Serb positions has been blamed for the Serb advances.