31.   Soldiers captured the western portion of the Jaffna Peninsula and the rebel capital of Jaffna city in the last offensive.

32.   The flooding swept away houses bridges and roads in the western portion of Kassala, the less populated portion of the town.

33.   The moisture is expected to produce showers across western portions of Puerto Rico this afternoon.

34.   The other two are the former Portuguese colony of East Timor and Irian Jaya, a former Dutch colony on the western portion of New Guinea.

35.   The strongest afternoon shower activity will be limited to the western interior portions of Puerto Rico.

36.   Then, soldiers captured the western portion of the Jaffna Peninsula and the rebel capital of Jaffna city.

37.   Tonight ... Generally fair in the western portion.

38.   Waves caused by the quake slammed coastal villages on the western portion of New Guinea and surrounding islands.