61.   The three soldiers were on their way back from a routine patrol near the Serb border when they were ambushed, said military spokesman Gjorgji Trendafilov.

62.   The seven were gunned down Saturday as they allegedly tried to ambush a police patrol near the capital, Skopje.

63.   The seven were shot as they allegedly tried to ambush a police patrol near Skopje.

64.   The soldiers were on a patrol near the border with Pakistan when the boat capsized Wednesday, Press Trust of India reported quoting an official government spokesman.

65.   The Yugoslav news agency Tanjug said a group of policeman was ambushed on patrol near the village of Rzic, near Decani.

66.   This week, hundreds of British troops launched Operation Buzzard to patrol near the Pakistani border where they believe Hekmatyar may be active.

67.   Two Thai soldiers were seriously wounded over the weekend when they stepped on a mine while on patrol near a border pass near Anlong Veng.

68.   Gunmen fired at an Israeli army patrol near Hebron in the West Bank on Saturday without causing casualties, military sources said.

69.   Hezbollah guerrillas set off a land mine in southern Lebanon lightly wounding two Israeli soldiers on patrol near the border on Friday.

70.   Hezbollah guerrillas used automatic weapons and anti-tank rockets to attack the Israeli army patrol near Aichiye, a militia spokesman said.