11.   After a month in trenches on the northern outskirts of Grozny, the Chechen capital, the officer denied Russian forces were winning.

12.   After arriving Friday at Osan Air Base, south of Seoul, Cohen flew by helicopter to Camp Stanley, on the northern outskirts of the capital.

13.   Amrullah said most of the government soldiers in Jalalabad had moved to the northern outskirts, lobbing rockets onto the city from their new positions.

14.   At Kabul, U.S. jets returned to bombing runs after a four-day run, bombarding the northern outskirts late Thursday night.

15.   Els made a birdie on the first hole he played but then made four bogeys before pulling out of the event on the northern outskirts of New York City.

16.   Fighting was also reported in the northern outskirts of the capital and near the airport.

17.   In Sarajevo, hospital officials said two civilians were wounded by Serb sniper fire on the northern outskirts of the city.

18.   In the village of Makoko on the northern outskirts of Lagos, people were staying away from the polling station because of the violence during state elections last month.

19.   On the northern outskirts of Kabul, a steady stream of villagers headed toward the capital saying heavy fighting drove them from their homes.

20.   Police would not give the name of the dealership on the northern outskirts of Paramaribo.