101.   The plane was making its third attempt to land after two previous tries were aborted due to harsh weather, the Anatolia news agency said.

102.   The rescue operation was one of several in the Middle East where a spell of exceptionally harsh weather has stranded motorists and disrupted roads and power supplies to villages.

103.   The Russian and Norwegian divers have worked in shifts around the clock, with occasional pauses because of harsh weather.

104.   The search operation was interrupted Saturday because of harsh weather.

105.   Their numbers slowly rebounded, but harsh weather in the last three years has caused the starvation of thousands of the animals.

106.   They said they had to endure harsh weather with no electricity or running water.

107.   Three people were found frozen to death Monday in Turkey, the Anatolia news agency reported, bringing to seven the death toll in a week of harsh weather.

108.   They would descend on the mountains in two days after getting acclimatized to the harsh weather conditions, a local commander said.

109.   Thousands of soldiers and experts with tracking dogs trudged into deep mountain snow Friday as harsh weather forced a slow search on foot for a missing Ukrainian passenger jet.

110.   Two previous tries were aborted in harsh weather, said Faik Akin, a spokesman for the national carrier.