51.   The U.N. chief has tried to assemble the peacekeeping force since last November.

52.   The visit represents the first independent assessment of reported widespread atrocities by both army and rebel forces since emergency rule was imposed in November.

53.   They were the second with U.S. forces since March.

54.   Under the agreement, both sides permanently accepted a cease-fire in force since March, as well as buffer zones around their troops.

55.   Under the eight-page agreement, both sides permanently accepted a cease-fire in force since March, as well as buffer zones around their troops.

56.   Wildman spent nearly an hour Wednesday morning outlining the accomplishments of ISAF, which has been administered by British forces since its inception in January.

57.   Fighting has been raging between the Banyamulenge and Zairean government forces since earlier September, uprooting hundreds of thousands of Rwandan Hutu refugees and Zairean villagers.

58.   Fretilin has been fighting Indonesian forces since the invasion.

59.   He said most of the rebels who had fiercely resisted surrounding Russian forces since March had been killed and the rest had fled to the mountains.

60.   However, there has been tension between the rebels and security forces since the ceasefire.