31.   While the receding waters allowed some residents here to begin cleanup, others downstream were still barred from returning to their communities until the river subsides.

32.   Only former residents would be allowed into Grbavic in the coming days, Wasserman said.

33.   Only residents were allowed through checkpoints, with barbed-wire lined barricades manned by contingents of police and troops on every approach road to the secured area.

34.   Residents of Basel voted Sunday to legalise the distribution of hard drugs under medical control but decided against allowing non-Swiss residents voting rights.