11.   But cost Russia thousands of dead and wounded soldiers to capture the capital.

12.   But it cost Russia thousands of dead and wounded soldiers to capture the capital.

13.   For years, the school had been pounded by shells fired by Serbs who launched a brutal, but failed campaign to capture the capital.

14.   In recent weeks, self-styled KLA spokesmen have been boasting of capturing the capital.

15.   Kabila captured the capital of Kinshasa last May following an armed rebellion against the late Zairian dictator Mobutu Sese Seko, who ruled for more than three decades.

16.   Lissouba fled the country after former Marxist dictator Denis Sassou-Nguesso captured the capital, Brazzaville.

17.   One of two giant, ancient stone Buddhas has been badly damaged, opposition soldiers in Afghanistan who captured the capital of central Bamiyan province said Friday.

18.   Rebels trying to gain control of the west African nation of Sierra Leone have vowed to capture its capital and warned foreigners not to interfere.

19.   Since capturing the capital last September, the Taliban has imposed its strict version of Islam on the two-thirds of Afghanistan it controls.

20.   The allied factions turned their guns on one another after capturing the capital.