51.  French forces eventually evacuated the bodies of Humblot and Amaru by land.

52.  French forces took part in military strikes in the former Yugoslavia and in the Gulf War.

53.  French forces will be in the south and British the west, with soldiers from two dozen other countries scattered among all of them.

54.  French forces were not on alert in the Gulf region, they said.

55.  French polls show two-thirds of France back the airstrikes, although only half agree that French forces should participate.

56.  French forces are in control of the sector where the last Serb troops were to be withdrawn from Kosovo.

57.  French forces, too, were hampered by the weather.

58.  Further British, and French forces are due to arrive Tuesday, he added.

59.  In addition to the Pristina airport and the U.S. sector, they will work in sectors assigned to French forces in northern Kosovo and German troops in the southwest.

60.  It maintains that the tests are needed to assure the reliability of the French nuclear deterrent force.