1.   By November the Thai government was under heavy pressure from the opposition and the military to use the army to clear the hill.

2.   Pilots landing on St. Barts must clear high hills before quickly losing altitude to touch down on the landing strip.

3.   By midday, troops had cleared the hill and detained two busloads of settlers.

4.   By midday, troops had cleared the hill and surrounded it with troops to prevent settlers from returning.

5.   Ethnic Albanian rebels retreated without a fight Thursday as heavily armed police launched a push to clear the hills above Tetovo of insurgents, a Macedonian police official said.

6.   Two of the four U.N. teams were concentrating on clearing one hill housing the family tomb of former Afghan King Mohammad Zaher Shah.

7.   Investigators and rescue workers say that the aircraft crashed because it failed to gain enough altitude to clear the hill.

8.   Troops have already cleared that hill twice since Monday but the protestors moved back again on Wednesday evening.