1.   But Scharping said he did not foresee a quick end to the war.

2.   But no German troops have been deployed in Afghanistan so far, Scharping said.

3.   Dutch troops also took part in the capture, Scharping said.

4.   He was severely injured and died shortly afterward, Scharping said.

5.   In an interview with the Munich-based news magazine Focus, Scharping said the rebuilding of Bosnia requires protection.

6.   Kabul is quiet, Scharping said, but there are still shootings in the countryside and the government had to make more progress in disarming fighters.

7.   Janic was killed, Scharping said.

8.   Moscow will not allow Milosevic to ruin its vital economic ties with the West, Scharping said.

9.   Scharping said Germany also has received reports that Yugoslav authorities are already resettling Serbs in areas of Kosovo from which the ethnic Albanian population had been cleared.

10.   Scharping said Germany would not be deterred by the abortive arrest from fulfilling future tasks for the tribunal.