11.   Most children were home on a holiday when the waves struck, rather than in religious mission schools farther inland where they might have been safe.

12.   Officials said the port at Chimbote was temporarily closed after the wave struck.

13.   Provincial disaster coordinator Peter Tavun said the wave struck to the west of the town of Aitape in the West Sepik province.

14.   The sophistication of the force arrayed against the Taliban tribesmen was brought to bear when the second wave struck the city, according to the sources.

15.   The sources said the first wave struck the Kandahar airport, destroying radar facilities and the control tower.

16.   The sources, contacted by telephone, said the first wave struck the Kandahar airport, destroying radar facilities and the control tower.