1.   The process of disarming the militia forces which had started in late April appeared to have been successfully completed by mid-May.

2.   But the hope is that the force will not be required, and the Canadians say they have no intention of trying to disarm militia forces.

3.   Ephaim Sneeh, the deputy defense minister, said the militia forces would need to retain some weapons to defend themselves after the withdrawal.

4.   In the first attack, Shiite Muslim militants killed a top commander of the Israeli-backed Christian militia force, the Southern Lebanon Army.

5.   Just hours before he spoke, three U.N. relief workers were killed in West Timor, apparently by Indonesian militia forces.

6.   Since last April, however, the security force has given greater attention to the possibility that a domestic militia force could seek to destabilize the games.

7.   Sudarsono said he supported the militia force because election violence was inevitable.

8.   That is why Serbia has sent troops and support to the Serb militia forces in Bosnia.

9.   Within hours, Hutu militia forces and government soldiers began killing Tutsi and moderate Hutu who opposed the government.

10.   A new refugee drama continued to unfold in western Bosnia, where Bosnian government and Croat militia forces have captured a string of towns from retreating Serbs.