41.   International monitors said a number of them appeared to have been shot in the head at close range.

42.   Israel has refused to allow international monitors or peacekeepers into the country.

43.   It will probably be led by the Germans, and its mandate will largely be to protect unarmed international monitors, NATO officials have said.

44.   Last May, the IRA breathed life back into a dormant peace process by offering to allow international monitors to inspect its hidden arms dumps.

45.   Long columns of terrified civilians emerged from combat zones, and authorities blocked international monitors from the area.

46.   One responsiblity of the international monitors will be to insure that the police do not misuse their firearms.

47.   Pakistan sought to defuse its deadly standoff with India on Monday by calling for international monitors to be stationed on their mutual border in the disputed Kashmir region.

48.   The day was nevertheless a success for the international monitors who had defused the tension for another day.

49.   The European military force, which had been readied to intervene to rescue international monitors from harm, was not called on for any major incidents, Shattuck said.

50.   The elections could happen only because of a multinational force led by Italy, which escorted international monitors and gave Albanians the confidence their vote would be respected.