51.   Reporters, who reached the village with investigators sent by rebel political leaders from the Lake Kivu stronghold of Goma, were unable to ascertain the number of victims.

52.   Rescue workers and several military units were struggling to clear the snow, but efforts were hampered by poor weather and difficulty reaching the village, the spokesman said.

53.   Roads were cut off and bridges caved in, forcing rescue crews to use two Portuguese Air Force Puma helicopters to reach remote villages, she said.

54.   Serb civilians turned back several journalists who tried to reach the village.

55.   Rescue workers and several military units were struggling to clear the snow, but efforts were hampered by poor weather and difficulty reaching the village.

56.   Sex is rarely discussed on the main national channels which reach the villages where two-thirds of Indians live.

57.   She expected the death toll to rise dramatically as the doctors reach more villages.

58.   Snow blanketed the Swiss Alps in dangerous beauty, sending authorities scrambling to clear avalanches and reach isolated villages.

59.   Snow has kept rescue workers from reaching villages beyond the Sabalan mountains, which they fear may have been hardest-hit.

60.   Temperatures plunged and a blanket of snow covered northwestern Iran on Sunday, hampering rescue teams trying to reach villages devastated by a deadly earthquake.