1.   Although air traffic to Libya was halted, land routes, especially through Egypt, remained open.

2.   Because of treacherous mountain terrain and civil war, there are no alternative land routes from Georgia to Russia.

3.   Afghanistan is a poor, mountainous, landlocked country with the bad luck to be right in the middle of the best land route between Europe and Asia.

4.   French officials said President Jacques Chirac now considered the securing of a land route into Sarajevo as a priority of the force.

5.   I opted to take the land route.

6.   If the cease-fire takes hold, Israel is to lift the tight closure of Gaza, and reopen the land route between it and the West Bank.

7.   On Wednesday, they closed the one land route out of Sarajevo, whose opening in March effectively lifted the siege of the city.

8.   Sought expert local knowledge on Washington and New York land routes.

9.   The border provides the only land route for bin Laden to slip out of Afghanistan, and an influx of militants could destabilize Pakistan.

10.   The complete removal of Taliban forces in the north would make land routes more secure for the delivery of aid.