1.   They assembled at a seaside hotel in Freetown, where hundreds of Americans and other foreigners had been told to gather in to await evacuation from the country.

2.   Fifty-eight people were awaiting evacuation and could be taken out Saturday.

3.   Mexicans await evacuation from massacre site.

4.   Residents in endangered areas were being told to hose down and fireproof their homes, stay indoors and await possible evacuation.

5.   Several hundred of them took hotel rooms near the port, awaiting evacuation.

6.   Several thousand Kurds who worked for American organizations in northern Iraq anxiously await evacuation by the United States.

7.   Terrified refugees await evacuation under armed guard.

8.   The Algerian died while awaiting evacuation for a main hospital in the port city of Lobito.

9.   The marooned villagers have moved to highlands and flood relief centers, awaiting evacuation by local administration.

10.   The marooned villagers have moved to highlands and flood relief centers, awaiting evacuation.