51.   Punitive air strikes led to the crisis just before, the Serb capture of U.N. troops as hostages against a return of the NATO warplanes.

52.   - declare himself openly in support of the total withdrawal of the Serb forces from Kosovo and the dispatch of NATO troops as a peacekeeping force in Kosovo.

53.   A church hostel under construction next to the orphanage was taken over for a day by Israeli troops as a firing position.

54.   A Defense Ministry spokesman said later that France was only prepared to send troops as part of a peacekeeping force after an accord had been reached with Belgrade.

55.   A Turkish general headed the mission in Somalia, although Turkey did not have a significant number of ground troops as part of that mission.

56.   A UNITA representative in Lisbon said his movement could not provide military support because it demobilized all its troops as part of the peace accord.

57.   A Turkish commander headed the peacekeeping mission in Somalia, but Turkey did not have a significant number of ground troops as part of that mission.

58.   At first, ethnic Albanians living in the northern Kosovo town of Kosovska Mitrovica saw the arriving French NATO troops as liberators.

59.   At the same time, Palestinians have accused Israel by reneging on previous agreements by refusing to pull its troops as a step toward elections.

60.   Bosnian Foreign Minister Muhamed Sacirbey said Thursday Bosnia would welcome Russian troops as part of peacekeeping force but he insisted they play a limited role.