1.   In Sarajevo, UN officials said they hoped to begin medical evacuations from the besieged city soon.

2.   The administration had hoped to begin the evacuation earlier, but Turkey resisted after pointedly refusing to endorse the latest American missile strikes at Iraq.

3.   A New Zealand air force plane will arrive Tuesday night to bring relief supplies and begin the evacuation.

4.   A New Zealand air force plane was to arrive Tuesday night to bring relief supplies and begin the evacuation.

5.   American Marines arrived in the capital Tuesday to bolster embassy security and begin the evacuation of Americans following a bloody army mutiny.

6.   Government begins evacuation as cyclone approaches.

7.   Rescuers began evacuations within a day and provided food and warm clothes to those who stayed with their vehicles.

8.   State television reported that police, rescue teams and local officials began forced evacuation of residents from their homes in various towns in Pampanga province north of here.

9.   The capital itself was calm Tuesday though the United Nations mission decided Tuesday to begin evacuation of all non-essential staff.