51.   The protocol provides for the demobilisation of the rival armies and the formation of a new, joint national defence force under UN supervision.

52.   The rebellion began when troops at the Moem barracks mutinied at the weekend over plans to slash the size of the defence force.

53.   The programme will only start after agreement is reached on setting up the joint defence force, Perry said.

54.   The prosecutor has claimed mitigating circumstances for Dusan Boljevic, saying he was a member of a Serb defence force that fought Croatian paramilitaries, the agency said.

55.   The raid was one of several over the past few days carried out amid a build-up of Russian elite shock troops and defence ministry forces near the Chechen border.

56.   The report also lists a range of crimes allegedly committed by the defence forces, truth commission officials say.

57.   The Sandline link up with the special forces would have turned into the defence forces into a palace guard, he said.

58.   The training of troops, which started six months ago, is intended to transform the army into a professional, non-political defence force.

59.   The two countries were also expected to sign an agreement on exchanges of goods and services between the US military and the Japanese defence forces.

60.   They totally reject the idea of a defence force for Germany now that it is reunified.