61.   Special security troops stopped the bus near the town of Sarimoi-Chu on Wednesday and tried to seize the hijackers.

62.   Tanks and troops patrolled the streets of Yerevan and blocked off downtown on Thursday, the day after a violent clash between security troops and opposition supporters.

63.   The group has claimed responsibility for several attacks on Macedonian security troops last year.

64.   The proposed peace plan calls for most Serb security troops to withdraw from the southern Serbian province and for the disarming of ethnic Albanian rebels.

65.   The proposed peace plan grants Kosovo virtual self-rule and calls for most Serbian security troops to withdraw from the region and the disarming of ethnic Albanian rebels.

66.   The opposition also reported two deaths from the violence, accusing security troops of firing at protesters rather than into the air as the government claimed.

67.   The others were security force troops, porters and businessmen, Press Trust quoted him as saying.

68.   The security troops are expected to stay in the region for four to five days, while the military medical personnel are to stay longer.

69.   The security troops were deployed in case of violence by various rebel groups seeking independence or greater autonomy.

70.   The streets were lined with heavily armed security troops.