1.   Many young soldiers desert or go Awol after mistreatment and bullying by their superiors or colleagues.

2.   Several thousand soldiers desert every year, and military prosecutors, knowing the conditions, are reluctant to punish them.

3.   Commanders have in some cases refused to lead, and some soldiers have deserted their units and surrendered rather than fight.

4.   Most soldiers deserted and almost all the armories were ransacked.

5.   A Russian soldier deserted from his unit in southern Russia and allegedly shot and killed two retired military officers, emergency officials said Thursday.

6.   A Russian soldier deserted his unit in this Far Eastern city Tuesday, using his service rifle to kill two men before being apprehended, a news agency reported.

7.   Both soldiers had deserted their military construction unit, according to Russian news reports.

8.   Bosnian Croat soldiers deserted by the hundreds Wednesday, obeying calls from hard-liners trying to carve away a piece of Bosnia and set up a separate Croat state.

9.   But northern alliance forces began moving into Kabul Tuesday morning after Taliban soldiers had deserted the capital at dawn.

10.   Opponents of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein reported new fighting with the army Tuesday in the Kurdish zone in northern Iraq and said more soldiers were deserting to the rebels.