11.   Security has been tight in this southern metropolis, which is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu.

12.   Thousands of cargo trucks have been stranded on a highway in the area that links Calcutta with the southern metropolis of Madras.

13.   The talks opened at the main airport north of this southern French metropolis, to where the Airbus jet flew overnight from Algiers after being hijacked on Saturday.

14.   Northern Yemeni forces on Friday destroyed the Aden brewery, the only one on the Arabian peninsula, one day after seizing this southern metropolis.