1.   Taylor was prevented from taking Monrovia only by the intervention of the West African force, which entered the embattled city eight months after the war started.

2.   But he complained that Serbs from the so-called Krajina area of Croatia near Bihac were making aid deliveries to the embattled city difficult.

3.   But he complained that Serbs occupying an area of Croatia near Bihac were hampering aid deliveries to the embattled city.

4.   He met with tribal leaders feuding for control, trying to work out a power-sharing deal that will bring peace to the embattled city.

5.   He met with tribal leaders feuding for control and worked out a power-sharing deal for the embattled city.

6.   Natacha Fetachi said that she and her husband Nejatin left the embattled city before the NATO strikes began, but that she worries about family members left behind.

7.   United Nations guards in Irbil said Iraqi tanks had moved out of the embattled city by Monday morning, but could still be seen on the outskirts.

8.   A major fire could be seen blazing in the northwest of the embattled city.

9.   The rival troops exchanged artillery fire on all fronts round the embattled city, but southern warplanes continued taking off from the airport, despite the shelling.

10.   The Taliban militia besieging Kabul have begun withdrawing their heavy weapons from the southern flank of the embattled city, defence officials here said Tuesday.