1.   A cease-fire holds in Northern Ireland, fighting subsides in Sarajevo, and French and American soldiers secure a Somali town without firing a shot.

2.   As the soldiers secured the compound, villagers stood nearby and shouted at them.

3.   Fighting subsided in Sarajevo, and French and American soldiers secured a Somali town without firing a shot.

4.   Howard said the soldiers had secured the ship.

5.   If an evacuation were ordered and the airport is used, he said soldiers would secure the airport and the route from Monrovia.

6.   In Africa, soldiers secured major cities and roads to provide safe passage for relief supplies to the starving Somali population.

7.   In Africa, soldiers secured major cities and roads to provide safe passage of relief supplies to the starving Somali population.

8.   Prime Minister John Howard said the soldiers had secured the ship.

9.   The army confirmed the deaths of eight police officers and at least two civilians, and said the death toll was likely to rise as soldiers secure the area.

10.   The soldiers were securing the zone for drug fumigations early Sunday when guerrillas attacked them.