81.   Nyanda was appointed deputy defense force chief last year and had been working as an understudy to Meiring.

82.   Nigeria will begin a phased withdrawal of its troops from the embattled country of Sierra Leone later this year, the defense chief has said.

83.   On Friday the Pentagon posted those, plus dozens of others not tailored specifically for defense chiefs, on its Web site.

84.   Only the former defense chief of Kabul, Ahmed Shah Masood, has stayed to fight.

85.   On Wednesday, the South Korean defense chief will fly to Thailand, where he will confer with defense and other government leaders.

86.   Opponents also say the bills could lead to the infringement of civil rights by conferring extra powers on the prime minister and defense chief.

87.   Ruhe did not elaborate on his statement, which came at the end of the biannual meeting of the defense chiefs of Germany, Denmark and Poland.

88.   Sergeyev also met the three Indian defense services chiefs.

89.   Skeptical of Bosnian Serb peace overtures, NATO defense chiefs Thursday went ahead with efforts to bolster beleaguered U.N. troops in the region.

90.   The American and Russian defense chiefs reported modest progress Monday toward a nuclear arms agreement but gave no indication they had settled the major stumbling blocks.