61.   The two officials also discussed arming and training Bosnian forces.

62.   The sources said Ivory Coast was seeking French help in training its forces and improving transport and comumnications.

63.   The US has begun deploying hundreds of troops in the Philippines to train local forces to combat Muslim guerillas linked to al-Qaeda.

64.   The United States Friday said American troops in Sri Lanka are training government forces and are not directly involved in the conflict with separatist Tamil Tiger rebels.

65.   Tuesday, the State Department rejected a suggestion by Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole that Moslem-Croat federation forces be trained and armed directly by US forces.

66.   Washington also will be looking to other countries, notably moderate Moslem countries, to fund and help train the force, according to US officials.

67.   Malan, however, claimed the force was trained in offensive warfare only.

68.   Mufamadi told a press conference here that the force was being trained by experts from France, where a similar transfer of soldiers into police uniform had taken place.

69.   The deputy minister did not exclude the possibility that the British military could take part in a mission by the United States to train Georgian forces in counter-terrorism.