21.   The trailers were bulldozed about two weeks later by the Israeli authorities, he said, on the ground that the villagers did not have a building permit.

22.   There is no electricity, and few vehicles, and Thursday villagers had to carry a pregnant woman in her bed to a clinic.

23.   Villagers have had to adjust to new customs, brought by the foreigners, that seem as alien as ice to this tropical plain.

24.   Villagers have no electricity, no clean drinking water.

25.   Villagers have varying explanations for the cancer cases here, most of which affect the lungs and liver.

26.   Villagers in Kanduvan have a much tougher life.

27.   Villagers also have the option to leave the piles of rubble behind and relocate to a nearby spot.

28.   Villagers may have a chance at a run-off election within three months, although it remains unclear who the candidates will be.

29.   Zhu Jiming said the villagers had no reaction to the taking down and dismantling of the house.

30.   Abdul Gaffar Lur, a farmer, said the villagers had never had any reason to believe any hostages were buried in Akingam.