1.   ...a rather quiet inland town.

2.   Bringing food, fuel and raw materials canals allowed inland towns to burst through the bounds which transport limitations had previously set to their growth and specialisation.

3.   Portuguese media reported last week that fighting had spread from the capital of Bissau to inland towns.

4.   Troops loyal to Vieira secured the capital, while the rebels overran strategic inland towns.

5.   Unconfirmed reports told of an Albanian army general being taken hostage in in Gjirokaster, an inland town that lies on the main road from Albania into Greece.

6.   Unconfirmed reports told of an Albanian army general being taken hostage in in Gjirokaster, an inland town that lies on the main road south into Greece.