41.   At that time, Moscow promised that Russian troops would not intervene in the Chechen civil war.

42.   At a meeting Saturday with President Yeltsin, the French president pushed for a plan under which Russian troops could serve in Bosnia.

43.   At first, the Russian troops sought to prevent the villagers from leaving.

44.   At the time of the vote, Chechnya was a war zone and Russian troops occupied about half the republic, including the capital Grozny.

45.   Based in a camp between the hospital and the school on the southern edge of the village, the Russian troops are treated almost like outcasts.

46.   Authorities have not allowed Western journalists to visit Aldy since Russian troops regained control of Grozny.

47.   Battered and humiliated by the rebels, the Russian troops withdrew from the region in January, and Chechnya has elected a separatist leader as its president.

48.   Because of the dense fog, the Russian troops never saw their foe.

49.   Both rebels and Chechen civilians widely accuse Russian troops of kidnapping and imprisoning local residents, some of whom are later ransomed and some of whom simply disappear.

50.   Breaking assurances given to Washington, a long column of Russian peacekeeping troops entered Kosovo and its capital early Saturday morning amid scenes of wild celebration by local Serbs.