1.   That more ordeals lie ahead for the long-suffering Afghan people was evident in the preparations Pakistan made to build refugee camps on desolate mountain stretches.

2.   The other day, while a colleague and I rode in a pickup through the desolate mountains of northeastern Afghanistan, we passed a one-legged man hobbling on crutches.

3.   True was killed in the remote Sierra Madre Occidental, where the Huichol Indians live in desolate mountain villages, far removed from the rest of Mexico.

4.   For decades, Kurds have been fleeing the desolate mountains of the southeast for the cities, where they can find a better education and jobs.

5.   Helicopters roared through the air, whisking the injured from desolate mountain villages to local hospitals, in hopes of beating death.

6.   A majority of the Hindus were rescued by Indian troops after being stranded on desolate mountain tracks.

7.   The rapporteur, who arrived in Bosnia on Saturday, later set off towards a desolate mountain site to look for mass graves.