1.   A highly-sensitive questionnaire has been circulated to almost all members of the southern defence forces.

2.   After working in the prison service, he joined the defence forces before becoming an intelligence agent.

3.   An army spokesman said that the security vetting of personnel was a normal procedure in all defence forces.

4.   But obvious problems will centre on the security situation, and the reconstruction of the defence forces and the economy.

5.   MacArthur was dedicated to the extirpation of militarism and did not favour the development of defence forces.

6.   Should the European Union have its own defence force?

7.   The idea of a common defence force has been accepted by some EU governments.

8.   Why does Britain persist in running down its defence forces?

9.   Two members of the recently formed Lithuanian defence force were briefly detained.

10.   Oman had reportedly favoured the formation of a regional defence force drawn exclusively from the Gulf states.