41.   Tajikistan has been torn by violence between the government and its political opposition, with fighting sometimes reaching the capital.

42.   The capital can be reached only by air or sea and villages like Siacualaya are accessible only by small boat and, in some cases, by helicopter.

43.   The convoy reached the capital Thursday.

44.   The blockade has also prevented imported medicines reaching the capital while production at many factories has ceased because they are unable to access raw material.

45.   The boat went down in such a remote area that it took days for word to reach the capital.

46.   The blockade has also prevented imported medicines reaching the capital, while production at many factories has ceased because they are unable to access raw material.

47.   The fighting closed the highway that links Ghazni to Kabul, a development that could further reduce the supplies reaching the capital.

48.   The exiled Buddhist leader reached the capital Sunday night after a week of meetings and speeches in Houston, Atlanta, North Carolina and Massachusetts.

49.   The refugees had fled their West African homeland last September when fighting reached the capital, Monrovia.

50.   The refugees, who were near starvation, had fled their West African country last September when fighting reached the capital, Monrovia.