1.   In the past four decades, the government has built extensive dike systems and created emergency overflow areas to divert water from densely populated urban centers.

2.   Officials said, however, that any attacks on the densely populated center of Belgrade would require pinpoint accuracy to avoid civilian casualties.

3.   That may be one reason why they moved the capital to Abuja, in the sparsely populated center of the country, a few years ago.

4.   The killers then moved into the more densely populated center of the village.

5.   Planners say the construction is crucial to alleviating traffic jams in the densely populated center of the country.

6.   The reason for the discrepancy was not immediately clear, but the areas are remote and difficult to reach and information often takes weeks to reach populated centers.

7.   The redeployment of Israeli forces outside populated centers in the West Bank had been postponed to a later stage, Shaath said.

8.   The redeployment of Israeli forces outside populated centers in the West Bank had been postponed to a later stage.

9.   The handover is to be followed by the redeployment of Israeli troops away from Palestinian populated centers on the West Bank and elections to a Palestinian autonomy council.