61.   Eighteen Turkish troops on Sunday joined contingents from five other nations in the observer force.

62.   Extra troops joined the siege of Vedeno itself, in a bid to prevent any separatist rebels breaking out of the area.

63.   The move was still awaiting cabinet approval and came under a law passed two years ago to allow Japanese troops to join UN peacekeeping operations, Amae said.

64.   The SLA confirmed the attacks and said Israeli troops joined the militia in blasting villages north of the zone.

65.   The Turkmen foreign ministery has said that no decision has been made so far on whether or not Turkmen troops will also join.

66.   Troops joined rescuers backed by five helicopters, scores of ambulances and firetrucks as well as forklifts.

67.   Troops joined several other searches on the third night of the disaster, manning mechanical diggers or even scraping away the earth with their bare hands.

68.   Japan is not ready to let its troops join United Nations-led military forces, Japan Defense Agency chief Tokuichiro Tamazawa said Sunday.

69.   Kenya troops will join them on land.

70.   Kohl was opening a lengthy debate before a vote in the Bundestag, the lower house of parliament, on having German troops join the force under NATO command.