1.   But it lost ground in districts bordering Xhosa territory and in cities.

2.   Vavuniya is the main government-held town in the northern mainland bordering territory dominated by the LTTE.

3.   Wickremesinghe was on his first visit to Vavuniya, a government-held town bordering territory dominated by the LTTE, since coming to power in December.

4.   She did not say if the government would turn down appeals by all western relief agencies to return to northern Iraq bordering Turkish territory.