41.  The proposal did not include a figure for the size of the proposed force.

42.  The statement could complicate efforts to bring supplies to the refugees under the protection of a proposed multi-national military force.

43.  The United States announced it was scaling back its proposed force to logistical support.

44.  The United States has withheld promising troops to the proposed force until its mission is better defined, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman John Shalikashvili said.

45.  Von Sydow said Sweden, although not a NATO member, would consider participating in the proposed Kosovo peacekeeping force that would have NATO troops at its core.

46.  However, the Northern Alliance is trying strictly to limit the scope of the proposed force.

47.  In the first clear sign of resistance to the proposed force, a top aide to General Fahim also said the peacekeepers would not be allowed to patrol Kabul.

48.  In the first clear sign of resistance to the proposed force, a top aide to Fahim also said UN peacekeepers would not be allowed to patrol Kabul.

49.  In the first clear sign of resistance to the proposed force, defence ministry spokesman Mohammad Habeel also said the peacekeepers would not be allowed to patrol Kabul.

50.  A multinational military force should still sent to eastern Zaire, the Canadian general designated as head of the proposed international force, Maurice Baril, said Friday.