21.   Heavy rains and winds swept the area throughout Friday night and Saturday as part of a huge storm system moving across the South.

22.   Helicopters swept the area with machine-gun fire, and plumes of smoke rose from the heavily-wooded border area as Israelis looked for the gunmen.

23.   Heavy rains and winds swept the area throughout Friday night and Saturday.

24.   In East Timor, international peacekeepers sweeping the area near the West Timor border say they have found an empty wasteland.

25.   It said it still did not know how big an area had been swept by the fires.

26.   One large rescue boat and several small ones, carrying army troops and Red Cross workers, swept the area, looking for floating bodies.

27.   On Saturday, the protests swept other areas of the country.

28.   Ordnance-clearing experts with metal detectors were sweeping the area for more explosives.

29.   RAI state TV, reporting the death toll and missing figures, showed footage of helicopters sweeping the area to search for the missing.

30.   Security cameras swept key areas and streamed video into a command bunker under City Hall.