1.   In central China, where villages remain devoted to the cultivation of rice, the result has been a crushing squeeze.

2.   In some parts of the country, Christian villages remain virtual ghost towns.

3.   Outside Grozny almost no village remains unscarred by the lethal bombing of the last year.

4.   The village remains proud of its military history and two years ago erected a huge stone monument honoring its veterans.

5.   Both villages remained blockaded by federal troops Thursday and the fighting continued, Russian news agencies said, citing the military command.

6.   Fifteen villages remained inaccessible.

7.   Four Chechen villages remained blockaded Sunday, as Russian officials accused separatists of trying to foment dissent among the population in the run-up to a bitter anniversary for Chechens.

8.   He said the two villages remained surrounded by the Serb army.

9.   In December last year, representatives of the village sent a complaint to the constitutional court, asking that their village remain in the Czech Republic.

10.   In the mountainous regions outside Athens, many villages remained cut off by deep snow dumped by the two-day tempest.