11.   From the summit, the breath-catching panorama took in purple mountains and open plains.

12.   STARING out the window of the four-wheel-drive as it sped through the open plains of Ethiopia, Leo Loh could barely keep himself awake.

13.   The ground troops came under fire as the truck convoys, kicking up a dust storm, approached the mountains from the flat open plains, Raza Khan said.

14.   The outnumbered militants are concentrated around Grozny and did not put up heavy resistance when Russian armored columns rolled across the open plains of northern Chechnya.

15.   The trio stopped to visit relatives at a farm house before heading out on the last leg of their journey across an open plain.

16.   Traveling through the wide open plains of Mongolia Friday, few changes were apparent.

17.   But on the open plains crossed by the column leading to Grozny, the Chechens are clearly at their weakest, fully exposed to the withering Russian firepower.

18.   They were unable to confirm the casualty toll, but Hoddur sits in an open plain which provides no cover for attackers.