11.   Croats holding the town so far have banned their return.

12.   Ethnic Albanian sources said they held the town, but Serb sources said they had made inroads.

13.   He said the goal was not to hold the town, but to defeat the opposing army, secure the territory around the contested border and withdraw.

14.   Israeli troops have been holding Palestinian towns in a chokehold throughout the fighting, tightening it earlier this month after a series of bloody Palestinian attacks.

15.   Israeli forces were holding the towns of Jenin and Qalqiliya on Thursday.

16.   The Croatian army and the Bosnian army battled rebel Serbs, who held the town.

17.   The town had been held by a private militia loyal to Muse Sudi Yalahow, a Mogadishu-based faction leader.

18.   The town was clearly held by Hun Sen forces.

19.   The volunteers, a hodgepodge from four different units, were confident they could still hold the town if Nato bombed the Serbs, as promised.

20.   According to the plan they would then attack and hold the town and then destroy a key bridge on the road, the sources said.