51.   Roadblocks were thrown up and the search was concentrated on the thick forests of the Moselle region, combed by police in helicopters.

52.   Separatist rebels armed with automatic weapons ambushed government troops passing through a thick forest in Eastern India Thursday, killing five soldiers and wounding seven others, police said.

53.   Some residents and vacationers have been camped on a nearby beach fearing that the fire front might swoop down from thick forest and onto the village.

54.   Some injured passengers said rescue operations were hampered because there were no lights in the thick forest.

55.   The hostage-taking was an ordeal that shocked this tiny European country, known for its thick forests and rolling hills.

56.   The graves were hidden in thick forests along a historic road in Arunachal Pradesh, an Indian state bordering China and Myanmar, state archeologists said.

57.   The independent daily Monitor said the attack was carried out Monday by rebels from the Allied Democratic Forces who had been hiding in the thick forests in the area.

58.   The hilly areas are covered with thick forest and inhabited by enormous fauna population.

59.   The isolated area is surrounded by vast deserts, thick forests and barren mountains.

60.   The rugged terrain and thick forests has made interior Sindh a haven for criminal gangs.