11.   Civilians abandoned Badme and surrounding villages in the Yirga triangle and moved north after Eritrean forces blocked an Ethiopian advance last week, the officers said.

12.   Doctors in Pokaran told The Associated Press last week there were no immediate signs that the residents of the town and surrounding villages had been affected by radiation.

13.   He said a team of WHO experts continued to work in Kikwit, center of the outbreak, and surrounding villages.

14.   He said a team of WHO experts continued its surveillance of Kikwit, center of the outbreak, and surrounding villages.

15.   Last week, President Sali Berisha lost the southern towns of Vlora, Tepelena, Saranda and Delvina, as well as surrounding villages.

16.   Police said no one was injured by the bursts of submachine-gun fire let off in the northern city of Tetovo and surrounding villages.

17.   The southern market town of Nabatiyeh and surrounding villages came under artillery fire early in the morning.

18.   The southern market town of Nabatiyeh and surrounding villages came under concentrated artillery fire early Monday morning.

19.   The statement also said that U.N. police monitors have resumed patrols in Drvar and surrounding villages, together with the NATO-led peace force, where necessary.

20.   The southern market town of Nabatiyeh and surrounding villages came under artillery fire early this morning.