31.   The militants seized the villages in the Botlikh district of Dagestan, close to the border with the breakaway republic of Chechnya, last Saturday.

32.   The militants seized the villages in the Botlikh district of Dagestan, close to the border with Chechnya, last Saturday.

33.   They re-entered in September, after Islamic militants based in the breakaway republic crossed over into the region of Dagestan and seized several villages.

34.   Troops moving westward from the Weli-Oya army camp in eastern Sri Lanka seized Nedunkerni village late Saturday after fierce fighting, the military said in a statement.

35.   Government forces seized two villages last week just outside Bihac pocket, prompting Serb retaliatory shelling on Bihac town over the weekend that killed seven people.

36.   Hardline Serbs, who seized the village early in the Bosnian war, have vowed to stop Moslems returning to their homes.

37.   Dozens of military trucks rolled into Simojovel Tuesday after Zapatista rebels had seized the village in the southern state of Chiapas in their resurgent guerrilla movement.

38.   Dozens of military trucks rolled into Simojovel Tuesday after Zapatista rebels had seized the village in their resurgent guerrilla movement.

39.   The Russian interior ministry headquarters in Moscow, whose troops are attempting to seize the village, could not immediately confirm or deny the report.

40.   There were no further details as to how the village had been seized.