1.   A taxi driver travelling near the disused airstrip where mercenaries dug in Tuesday was wounded, according to witnesses.

2.   A taxi driver travelling near the disused airstrip was wounded, witnesses said.

3.   They seized the international airport on Grande Comore in heavy fighting and captured a disused airstrip where the rebels were dug in.

4.   They seized the international airport on Grande Comore, the main island, in heavy fighting and captured a disused airstrip where the rebels were dug in.

5.   Two other Comorian soldiers were killed as French troops overran the disused Itsambouni airstrip near the port and the French embassy, Pignot said.

6.   Puma helicopters swooped low over the capital at dawn and French troops overran a disused airstrip where the rebels had dug in.

7.   Puma helicopters swooped low over the capital at dawn and French troops overran a disused airstrip where the rebels had dug in Tuesday in anticipation of the French action.

8.   Puma helicopters swooped low over the capital at dawn and French troops overran a disused airstrip where the rebels had dug in Tuesday.

9.   The French troops captured the international airport north of Moroni in heavy fighting and were also in control of a disused airstrip where the rebels dug in Tuesday.