1.   In Athens, the storm knocked out traffic lights and flooded main thoroughfares stranding scores of cars.

2.   In Athens, the storm knocked out traffic lights and flooded main thoroughfares, stranding scores of cars.

3.   It also has stranded scores of Arabs at the Egypt-Gaza border.

4.   Sudan will permit Nigerian planes carrying Muslim pilgrims to pass through its airspace, ending a dispute that had stranded scores of Nigerians in Saudi Arabia for several days.

5.   USAfrica Airways stranded scores of passengers at Jan Smuts airport in Johannesburg when flights to Washington, D.C., were abruptly cancelled.