51.   Their forces took the town after a three-month siege and indiscriminate shelling.

52.   They said they attacked Hoddur from three fronts, and took the town in four hours.

53.   Troops made no attempt to take the town.

54.   This is, after all, a town that takes the oddball in stride.

55.   Vukovar was also the scene of the first big reported massacre of civilians, by Serbs who reportedly executed hundreds of hospital patients after taking the town.

56.   Warlord takes over town.

57.   Villagers said they expected the Serbs to take the town during the night.

58.   Zairian rebels have taken another town in the extreme northeast of the country in their march to unseat ailing President Mobutu Sese Seko, the rebel chairman said Thursday.

59.   Government forces have set their sights on encircling or taking the town.

60.   He said rebels took the town, close to the Ugandan border, late on Tuesday.