1.   NATO troops rescued a few Serbs in an apartment after flames engulfed it.

2.   Other troops rescued the wounded men as Palestinians continued to fire and toss grenades at the Israeli position, the officer said.

3.   Australian troops eventually rescued them.

4.   Early Sunday, troops rescued four Filipino hostages while hunting the Abu Sayyaf, military officials said.

5.   Foreign troops rescued three suspected thieves Tuesday.

6.   French troops rescued an American patrol Tuesday from a Bosnian Serb crowd angered by the arrest of a Serb man, officials said.

7.   Government troops rescued all the surveyors.

8.   Government troops rescued four Filipino hostages early Sunday while pursuing Muslim extremist guerrillas in the jungles of southern Basilan province, military officials said.

9.   Government troops later rescued all the surveyors.

10.   In mid-April, Philippine troops rescued an American held for nearly eight months by Abu Sayyaf.