11.   Russian officials said that as many as several thousand militants occupy the city and are fighting from cellars and well-fortified positions along the Russian routes of advance.

12.   Russia imposed the visa requirement after Georgia refused to allow Russian troops to take up positions along the Georgia-Chechnya border.

13.   So cruise ships and some small island nations are marketing millennium celebrations by taking advantage of positions along the International Date Line in the Pacific Ocean.

14.   That leaves Rick Cunningham working as a backup at every position along the offensive line, except center.

15.   The Northern Alliance controls the valley and the foothills, while the Taliban control positions along the mountain peaks.

16.   Two squads of Israeli soldiers took up positions along the highway and began firing sporadically as rocks landed on the road.

17.   Others took up positions along roads, stopping and searching cars.

18.   Others took up positions along roads, stopping and searching passing cars.

19.   A few had camped outdoors overnight to secure good positions along the wedding route.

20.   American warplanes unleashed dozens of bombs Friday on Taliban positions along the front line north of the capital, Kabul.