11.   After a weekend of fighting in the capital of this Central Asian nation, fresh clashes were reported Monday between rival government factions in an outlying town.

12.   Alliance troops advanced Friday, seizing an outlying town without a fight.

13.   Alarmed by reports that trucks are daily ferrying bicycle rickshaws from outlying towns into Jakarta, some municipal officials say Gov. Sutiyoso should stick to the ban on pedicabs.

14.   District police officers, however, told The Associated Press of widespread burnings, stabbings and shootings in villages and outlying towns.

15.   Gangs of armed bandits, made up mostly of demobilized soldiers, also roam the countryside of the vast southwest African nation and have attacked outlying towns.

16.   Gangs of armed bandits, made up mostly of demobilized soldiers, also roam the countryside of the vast southwest African nation and have pillaged outlying towns.

17.   Government officials insisted the situation was under control, even though district police officers told The Associated Press of widespread burnings, stabbings and shootings in outlying towns.

18.   His predecessor, Mike Lamin of the rebel Revolutionary United Front, was imprisoned last May following an apparent advance by rebel fighters toward Freetown and outlying towns.

19.   Many merchants from outlying towns, unable to return home because of the rains, bedded down along the streets.

20.   Martin, traveling by U.N. helicopter, met with local government officials and religious leaders in the outlying towns of Baucau and Viqueque, sites of recent violence.