51.   Late Monday, the Taliban fled the capital without a fight and northern alliance troops were entering the city Tuesday.

52.   Macedonia is the staging point for alliance troops heading into Kosovo.

53.   Meanwhile, northern alliance troops near Kabul were fighting Taliban troops who were unable to flee south to Kandahar when Kabul fell on Tuesday.

54.   Meanwhile, NATO and officials with the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands, discussed how alliance troops in Bosnia can arrest indicted war crimes suspects.

55.   Meanwhile, northern alliance troops were gunning for Taliban troops who were unable to flee south to Kandahar when Kabul fell last Tuesday at dawn.

56.   Meanwhile, uniformed northern alliance security troops patrolled the city, took up positions outside international aid agencies, and at major intersections.

57.   NATO agreed Wednesday to step up financial and technical aid to help Albania police its border with Kosovo, but said talk of sending alliance troops was premature.

58.   NATO said rogue elements from all sides shot five times at alliance troops and twice at airplanes over the weekend.

59.   Most women stayed inside, but curious men said they were happy the alliance troops had arrived.

60.   NATO has insisted it will not halt the airstrikes until Yugoslav forces pull out of Kosovo and are replaced by a peacekeeping force which includes alliance troops.