1.  Although illegal-immigration patterns have shifted away from Nogales due to a buildup of federal forces, the area swims in violence.

2.  There were also persistent reports that Czechoslovak arms manufacturers were selling weapons to the Yugoslav federal forces, in contravention of UN policy.

3.  Ambush attacks against Russian federal forces and their civilian supporters have stepped up recently.

4.  Attorney General Janet Reno is expected to direct the raid, marking her second use of federal force in a month in a volatile situation involving Hispanic groups.

5.  Beaton also said the company was already expecting to lose its airport business because of the transition to a federal force.

6.  A federal force would cost more than the White House proposal to continue delegating the job to private security guards.

7.  But federal forces were apparently far from capturing the city and were taking heavy losses, although no figures were available.

8.  Could this place one day be a battleground in the historic war between the Bandera Militia defending sacred property rights and federal forces defending endangered golden-cheeked warblers?

9.  Federal forces bombarded the rocks above the cave, trapping and killing everyone inside, they said.