11.  Stock said Vanover will perform better on returns without having the distractions of playing full time at an offensive position.

12.  The government also is fulfilling pledges to withdraw from offensive positions and to start demobilizing crack police troops.

13.  The government has also begun supplying the U.N. mission with preliminary information for the eventual withdrawal of army troops from offensive positions, he said.

14.  The government is fulfilling pledges to release hundreds of rebel prisoners, withdraw from offensive positions and start demobilizing crack police troops.

15.  The government will confine its anti-riot police to barracks and withdraw its army from offensive positions.

16.  The government will simultaneously confine its anti-riot police to barracks and withdraw its army from offensive positions.

17.  The government has been seen to be scrupulously fulfilling pledges to release hundreds of rebel prisoners, withdraw from offensive positions and start demobilizing crack police troops.

18.  UN officials said they could not confirm Iraqi opposition reports that Iraqi tanks had taken up offensive positions in a bid to defend the city.

19.  Pakistan on Sunday also pulled its navy back from offensive positions but Khan said Islamabad had heard no further details on the new high commissioner.