51.  Preval has asked for a small U.N. force to stay six more months.

52.  Ranariddh is also to break off the loose alliance with Khmer Rouge guerrillas that has allowed his small force to withstand the government attacks.

53.  Six days later, U.S. Marines and paratroopers, along with a small regional force, invaded the island and ousted a Marxist junta that had seized power.

54.  The EU says it is now able to field a small force on humanitarian or peacekeeping missions for a limited time.

55.  The government wants an end to arrangements like the one in Kosovo, where a small Swiss force has to rely on a unit from neighboring Austria for protection.

56.  The risk is especially high in untraveled areas where small attacking forces might seek cover.

57.  The safe haven had been protected by a small force of Dutch U.N. peacekeepers, who were unable to halt the slaying of thousands of Muslim refugees.

58.  The small force would engage the military while the main group moved away with the hostages.

59.  The United States and a small regional force invaded Grenada to oust a Marxist junta that had seized power.

60.  They also have a small naval force and watch the Straits of Tiran in the Gulf of Aqaba.