1.   Flaxton village falls almost equidistant between the two boundaries.

2.   Meanwhile, all across remote Andean valleys, once prosperous villages fell into a poverty that has endured for five centuries.

3.   But the village fell to the army two months ago.

4.   For six years, Gam was a stronghold of the rebels, but the village fell to the army two months ago.

5.   Hours after the village fell, Holbrooke arrived in Belgrade, where he began talks with Milosevic aimed at producing a cease-fire.

6.   Hours after the village fell, Holbrooke arrived in Belgrade, where he began talks with Milosevic aimed at producing a cease-fire in the region.

7.   The basic complaint is that although they serve in the army, Druse villages fall short of their Israeli counterparts in everything from sewage to schools.

8.   The basic Druse complaint is that although they serve in the army, their villages fall short of their Israeli counterparts in everything from sewage to schools.

9.   The rebels almost daily fire mortars at the base from the areas where the villages fall.

10.   The village fell in May and today it is one of several in Chechnya which lie in total ruins.