11.   The three men taken by the rebels were awaiting evacuation when the rebels hit Tombodu.

12.   Thousands of Kurds anxiously await evacuation.

13.   Thousands of residents were being told to hose down and fireproof their homes, stay indoors and await possible evacuation.

14.   DeVries, now in Freetown awaiting the evacuation of colleagues, spoke Thursday morning by telephone to a UN contact in a Mamba Point office.

15.   Those two were awaiting air evacuation to a Red Cross hospital in the Kenyan border town of Lokichoggio, Platt said.

16.   The four remaining crew are awaiting evacuation.