1.   Meanwhile military personnel from the five countries providing standby troops in the Congo are on full alert as rebel Zairean forces begin to march into the capital Kinshasa.

2.   And he again recalled his proposal for standby troops.

3.   Boutros-Ghali last week again floated the idea of standby troops, and of guards to protect humanitarian workers inside Burundi.

4.   Boutros-Ghali again floated the idea of standby troops, and of guards to protect humanitarian workers inside Burundi, last week.

5.   But it has rejected the proposal for standby troops, which is also firmly opposed by the Tutsi-dominated army.

6.   Western diplomats said that the idea of standby troops appeared a non-starter, but that the humanitarian guards proposal would be examined in more detail next week.