11.   NATO officials said their operations had been hampered by weather and did not say they were intentionally avoiding cities.

12.   The rescue had been hampered by weather, with a low cloud ceiling that made it difficult to dispatch helicopters to the mountain.

13.   The weather also hampered alliance attacks.

14.   Weather hampered pilots somewhat, but NATO officials voiced determination to continue the air war despite what they called regrettable civilian casualties.

15.   Wet weather has hampered the harvest in that area, he said.

16.   Police Superintendent Henry Budhram said darkness and continued poor weather hampered rescue efforts by a police helicopter.

17.   A mountain guide on the team managed to alert rescuers by radio, but bad weather hampered the rescue, mountain police said.

18.   Authorities continued to search for Jones, but bad weather hampered their efforts.

19.   Bad weather hampered airstrike operations during the day but did not halt them.

20.   Bad weather hampered airstrike operations during the day, but did not halt them.