1.   I have never suggested that U.N. forces could physically separate the combatants in the region.

2.   In line with the tight deadlines set in the Dayton agreement, the force first separated the warring factions, then moved them and disarmed them.

3.   NATO forces would separate the warring parties, all three said, and would not attempt to become involved in nation-building or the return of refugees.

4.   We like to imagine that a force called history separates artworks from dross.

5.   Before the NATO-led international force separated the warring factions, the Bosnian front line was scarcely yards away to the east.

6.   But when it became clear such a force would not separate the former Rwandan Hutu soldiers and militia members from the bonafide refugees, Rwanda opposed the force.

7.   In Bosnia, air strikes were very successful in ending the fighting, and ground forces separated the warring factions.

8.   Many women refugees arriving in Albania have said Serb forces separated men from groups of fleeing Kosovars, alarming and mystified Western aid groups.

9.   Many women refugees arriving in Albania have said Serb forces separated men from groups of fleeing Kosovars, alarming and mystifying Western aid groups.

10.   Most of the refugees were women and children, because Serb forces were separating them from men in many cases, the refugees said.