71.  France has already said it would help man a more heavily armed U.N. force to beat back Serb assaults.

72.  France, Germany and Britain held to the American view that there is little to gain by sending a large armed force into a vacuum.

73.  Heavily armed Serb forces also blocked the German forces on a main Prizren street, but backed down after a tense standoff, according to a pool reporter.

74.  Heavily armed Serb forces also blocked the German forces on a main Prizren street but backed down after a tense standoff, according to a pool reporter.

75.  However, Vujovic rejected any armed force with NATO at its core, a key alliance demand.

76.  IFOR is a heavily armed force being sent to Bosnia to enforce the peace agreement.

77.  In Kizlyar, hundreds of heavily armed Russian forces ringed the main hospital, said Leonid Golovnyov, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry in Moscow.

78.  It appeared unlikely NATO would accept any deal that did not include an armed military force in Kosovo to police a settlement and protect ethnic Albanian civilians.

79.  It appeared unlikely NATO would accept any plan that did not include an armed military force in Kosovo to police a peace deal and protect ethnic Albanian civilians.

80.  It appeared unlikely NATO would accept any deal that did not include an armed military force in Kosovo to police a peace deal and protect ethnic Albanian civilians.