41.   Pakistan denies that its troops are fighting in Afghanistan but says some Pakistani volunteers from militant religious groups have joined Taliban ranks.

42.   Perry also said U.S. troops often have fought under foreign commanders, but that the president always retains ultimate authority.

43.   A Chechen rebel spokesman said federal troops were fighting their way into Bamut.

44.   A senior U.S. diplomat urged Indonesia Monday to improve its human rights record in East Timor, where Indonesian troops are fighting a separatist campaign.

45.   A visiting U.S. congressmen said Wednesday that human rights conditions have improved in East Timor, where Indonesian troops are fighting separatist guerrillas.

46.   Ahead of the elections in August, President Chandrika Kumaratunga is trying to build a national consensus on an autonomy plan for Tamils while her troops fight the war.

47.   Angolan Foreign Minister Venancio de Moura on Friday denied reports that Angolan troops were fighting alongside the rebels.

48.   Angolan government troops are also fighting in Congo in support of Congolese President Laurent Kabila against ethnic Tutsi rebels supported by Rwanda and Uganda.

49.   Angolan and Namibian troops are fighting alongside Zimbabweans and Congolese forces of embattled President Laurent Kabila in the dense jungles of eastern Congo.

50.   Angolan government troops are also fighting in Congo in support of Congolese President Laurent Kabila against a rebel coalition.