Word: escorting
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...least seven civilians were killed and a dozen more seriously injured when the bus in which they were traveling was torn apart by a remote-controlled bomb buried in a drainage ditch. The bus was part of a convoy of five vehicles driving under armed nato escort from the border with Serbia to the town of Gracanica, where the Serbs had planned to visit the graves of their ancestors. Two Swedish armored personnel carriers passed over the 50-100-kg explosive device before it was detonated from about 1 km away, U.N. officials said. Violence against Serbs has become commonplace...
...combat simulations aboard ships or oil platforms have to hit the deck and stay there until the aircraft departs or risk being blown overboard. Communications gear aboard the Osprey is so ineffective that the plane cannot efficiently contact other aircraft, nor can it land at some airports without escort planes outfitted with better electronics to guide it safely through the skies...
...college has expanded its escort service and increased campus security patrols, but McLaughlin said he would not urge stronger precautions without threats or some other basis for believing the killer planned to strike again...
...combat simulations aboard ships or oil platforms have to hit the deck and stay there until the aircraft departs or risk being blown overboard. Communications gear aboard the Osprey is so ineffective that the plane cannot efficiently contact other aircraft, nor can it land at some airports without escort planes outfitted with better electronics to guide it safely through the skies...
...herring files at the official website to flummox them. At the S2 location, besieged by journalists spying from the air and infiltrators trying to break in on the ground, 25 guards, some on horseback, some wearing infrared glasses, patrolled the 25-mile perimeter around the camp ready to escort intruders away. Burnett insists the guards are always polite, but he adds, "I'm very serious about security...