81.   The center also accused Serbs of setting ablaze parts of villages from where the armed militants were purged.

82.   The civil defense unit was comprised of kamajors, hunters who live in the bush and have organized themselves into defense units to protect their villages from rebel attacks.

83.   The dike is being built to save some villages from being buried by volcanic debris from Pinatubo.

84.   The ethnic Albanian-run Kosovo Information Center said Serb forces were shelling Lodja village from all sides, sending smoke billowing into the air.

85.   The ethnic Albanian-run Kosovo Information Center said Serb forces were shelling Lodja village from all sides.

86.   The first leg of their journey was a three-day walk through deep snow in the mountains, which separated their village from Croatian safe areas.

87.   The militants say they have been forced to defend themselves and their villages from Serb police, who have stepped up operations within the area.

88.   The two sides shot at each others villages from hill tops, officials said.

89.   The SPLA captured the villages from government forces last week, he added.

90.   The wailing of the villagers echoed through the snow-covered valley that divides the village from the main road.