1.   Second, came the construction of new Jewish houses at the heart of Ras al Amud, a densely populated Palestinian village in East Jerusalem.

2.   Majdan is the last remaining populated village in the enormous slab of territory.

3.   Scarcely populated villages in the remote areas of the southeastern region became easy targets for Kurdish rebels who attacked and killed residents when they refused to collaborate with them.

4.   The government lost control of the mostly ethnic-Albanian populated villages during the insurgency.

5.   An LTTE statement from its London office said that air force bombers pounded heavily populated Tamil villages in the Batticaloa district.

6.   The blaze scorched vegetation and spread panic in the region, dotted by farms and populated villages, the officials said.

7.   The LTTE in a statement from its London office Tuesday said that air force bombers pounded heavily populated Tamil villages in the Batticaloa district.

8.   The LTTE in a statement from its London office on Tuesday said that air force bombers pounded heavily populated Tamil villages in the Batticaloa district.

9.   The LTTE in a statement from its London office said that air force bombers pounded heavily populated Tamil villages in the Batticaloa district.