1.   He established a network of Al Qaeda centers in Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Pakistan, through which he recruited, enlisted and sheltered thousands of Arab volunteers.

2.   Countries such as the United States, Britain, Germany and Turkey have offered to temporarily shelter thousands of ethnic Albanians.

3.   It was a setback to rescue workers who have struggled to feed and shelter thousands left homeless by heavy rains north of Seoul.

4.   The border area also shelters thousands of refugees that fled fighting in Congo.

5.   The camp sheltered thousands of Bosnian Muslims during the war in Bosnia-Herzogovina.

6.   Afghanistan, which shelters thousands of Tajik refugees, officially denies giving any military aid to the Tajik resistance.

7.   Zambia has been sheltering thousands of Zairean refugees in various parts of the country after they ran away from the civil war in their country.