51.   The exercises were also staged in case Russian peacekeepers leave the area and the Georgian government has to beef up defense of the region, the statement said.

52.   The first Russian peacekeepers left on Monday for Bosnia to take part in the NATO-led peace mission in the former Yugoslavia, officials said.

53.   The local Serb commander said the peacekeepers must leave their weapons behind.

54.   The local Serb commander said the peacekeepers must leave weapons behind.

55.   The local Serb commander told the Dutch command in Srebrenica that peacekeepers must leave weapons behind.

56.   The plan is aimed at preventing a resurgence of fighting when U.N. peacekeepers leave at the end of March.

57.   The peacekeepers left the post.

58.   The peacekeepers must leave their weapons behind, the local Serb commander said.

59.   The United Nations will abandon the airport before all the remaining Pakistani and Bangladeshi peacekeepers have left Mogadishu under the coalition shield.

60.   There were fears of renewed war between Croatia and the rebel Serbs if the peacekeepers left.