21.  Military aspects of the peace plan provide for the quartering of the troops under UN supervision and the formation of a new joint national defence force.

22.  Military observers say UNITA has failed to turn over large quantities of heavy weaponry it is holding, ahead of the formation of a new joint national defence force.

23.  NATO Secretary General Javier Solana on Friday urged participants at the intergovernmental conference in Turin to make progress on forging a new European defence structure.

24.  Pakistani officials further denied local press reports that China had supplied new defence equipment to Pakistan to bolster its capability in the current stand-off with India.

25.  Pakistani officials have denied local press reports that China has supplied new defence equipment to Pakistan to bolster its capability in the current stand off with India.

26.  Pakistani officials also denied local press reports that China had supplied new defence equipment to Pakistan to bolster its capability in the current stand-off with India.

27.  Police also said that they are aware of other incidents around the country involving new defence force members.

28.  Prosecuting lawyer Mohammed Barau, acting for the Sokoto State Attorney General, said that the state would need an adjournment to prepare a case against the new defence.

29.  Prosecuting lawyer Mohammed Barau, acting for the Sokoto State Attorney General, said the state would need an adjournment to prepare a case against the new defence.

30.  Soldiers were Friday building new defences in the area captured by them, officials said.