1.   Troops mopped up the last pockets of resistance by men loyal to the former rebel movement, Unita.

2.   Afghan tribal fighters supported by American ground and air forces reported overrunning the last major pocket of al-Qaida resistance Sunday in the rugged mountains of eastern Afghanistan.

3.   Destroy those last pockets of brush, and recovery is impossible, Burchfield said.

4.   He is a Hmong tribesman, supervising the growing of opium in the last pocket of Vietnam where it remains a crop staple.

5.   It seemed ironic that Char Dara should hold the last pocket of Taliban resistance in the north.

6.   Nearly one month after the fall of the Taliban, Northern Helmand province appears to be the last significant pocket of resistance in Afghanistan.

7.   The last pockets of Japanese resistance will not be wiped out for almost a month.

8.   The main objective, officers here said, was to root out the last pockets of resistance.

9.   The region contains what officials describe as the last major pocket of resistance where al-Qaida fighters are waging a pitched battle against U.S.-supported Afghan forces.

10.   Firefighters from France, Switzerland and Italy were working Friday to lower temperatures, recover bodies and tame the last pockets of flames.