11.   But die-hards led by the one-legged general Ta Mok are still holding out in the northern jungles and claim disgruntled defectors may soon join them.

12.   Drug flights are common in the northern jungle region bordering Colombia and Brazil.

13.   Government troops also launched a foray into the northern Wanni jungle, backed by Kfir jets, helicopter gunships and artillery fire, the ministry said.

14.   Havel arrived in Sao Paulo on Wednesday from the northern jungle state of Amazonas, where he visited a reservation of the Waimiri Atroari Indian tribe.

15.   Government troops have driven the rebels from the cities into the northern jungles.

16.   He also seemed unsure about exactly what was happening in the isolated northern jungles where Pol Pot had reportedly been captured by guerillas who had turned against him.

17.   He said he had seen Pol Pot alive in the custody of mutinous guerrillas at their northern jungle base in Anlong Veng.

18.   Helgesen spoke after meeting Vellupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamileelam, in the northern jungles earlier this week.

19.   Helgesen spoke after meeting Vellupillai Prabhakaran, the leader of the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eeelam, in the northern jungles earlier this week.

20.   In the northern jungle town of Tarapoto on Monday, thousands paraded through the streets in support of the hostages, according to radio reports.