11.   Reporters for the BBC and Agence France-Presse who tried to reach the village on Wednesday were stopped at roadblocks several miles away.

12.   The strongest are already reaching their villages in Rwanda, but many of those coming now are exhausted or sick.

13.   People charter planes or canoes to reach villages in the interior.

14.   Acting provincial Gov. Teodorito Rejano said the five villages could be reached only by helicopter.

15.   An OSCE team tried to reach the village but was blocked by fighting.

16.   As troops reached Achchuveil village, the military said civilians had fled.

17.   At last, after about an hour, the observers reach the village, where they learn the textbooks have not arrived.

18.   But he added that officials have not yet been able to reach the village due to the weather.

19.   But food and drinking water have not yet reached many villages and aid workers warned of an epidemic if rotting corpses were not disposed.

20.   But Mayor Maggie Emudluk announced Monday the funeral was delayed because new snowstorms had prevented some relatives of the victims from reaching the village.