101.   The city became a scene of almost daily stone throwing clashes after Israeli-Palestinian peace talks broke off in March.

102.   The city became a thriving slave-trading center, and visitors from the North and from abroad often voiced shock at witnessing slaves being led past the Capitol.

103.   The city has become an important EU foothold for the traffickers.

104.   The clash raised fears that the entire city might once again become a battlefield.

105.   The northern Australian city has become the staging area for peacekeeping troops heading to East Timor.

106.   The strong dollar also meant that European cities became comparatively cheaper.

107.   The wicked city will have become a Disney-style theme park.

108.   The weakening yen has knocked down Tokyo and other Japanese cities, while Chinese cities are becoming more expensive despite flattening inflation rates, the report said.

109.   Those cities have become overcrowded as hundreds of thousands of displaced people poured in from their rural villages.

110.   Under Luzhkov, the city has become a partner in many joint ventures and further controls development by keeping a firm grip on real estate.