51.   The top brass has resisted personnel cutbacks, pressing instead for a bigger draft and longer compulsory service.

52.   They can choose to serve four years in any high-tech company in lieu of their two-year compulsory military service, officials said.

53.   They want the city to revert to its demilitarized status, when residents of West Berlin were exempted from compulsory military service.

54.   With German democracy well established, compulsory military service for all young Germans has become politically unimportant, she added.

55.   Young men face compulsory military service, but many go into hiding or pay bribes to avoid conscription.

56.   After a fiery debate, however, the Mozambican Council of Ministers asked parliament to delay voting on whether to revoke compulsory military service until some future session.

57.   Yeltsin has also promised to boost economic growth to four percent annually, abolish compulsory military service and raise living standards.

58.   Millon said Wednesday that the government intended to scrap compulsory military service in favour of a professional army.

59.   Military leaders complained their institutions were in crisis, with a shrinking budget and Reina eliminating the traditional compulsory military service.

60.   The compulsory service can include time in a civilian institution, sources said.