61.   Rebel leaders threatened on Tuesday to carry their war for Chechen independence into nearby provinces unless Russian troops withdraw from Chechnya by the end of May.

62.   Shortly after Serb troops withdrew, returning Albanians met in a downtown park in Gnjilane where a statue of the Serbian Prince Lazar stood in honored glory.

63.   Sharon told reporters that he had advised Bush earlier on Wednesday that Israeli troops would not withdraw from the West Bank as quickly as demanded by the White House.

64.   Such an option is less likely now that UN troops have withdrawn from many place where they were vulnerable, but it is not impossible.

65.   The approaching troop did the same, and after a while both troops withdrew and went home.

66.   The six men were killed in a raid shortly before Israeli troops withdrew from the Gaza Strip last year.

67.   The watershed moment was after the Oslo accord was signed, and Israeli troops withdrew from the major cities in the West Bank.

68.   Under the plan, the attacks would stop only after Serb troops withdraw from Kosovo.

69.   Under their emerging agreement, Israeli troops would withdraw from several Arab cities and towns in the West Bank this fall, after which Palestinian elections would be held.

70.   U.N. officials predict that as their troops withdraw, fighting is nearly certain to begin again unless a political agreement can be reached.