21.   Nearly daily, the Russian air force is bombing Grozny and outlying towns.

22.   Northern alliance troops closed in Friday on Taliban and al-Qaida fighters holed up in the city of Kunduz, seizing an outlying town without a fight.

23.   Northern alliance troops closed in on Taliban and al-Qaida fighters trapped in Kunduz, seizing an outlying town without a fight.

24.   Tens of thousands of Kobe residents could be seen Friday, heading by foot, bicycle or cars to outlying towns and cities to buy food.

25.   The fifth bus strike in a month forced hundreds of thousands of commuters to find alternative transport from outlying towns to Madrid on Monday.

26.   The lake water rampaged down the slopes of the volcano, washing away hundreds of houses in New Dumangas village before sweeping through outlying towns.

27.   The Interior Ministry and local authorities in outlying towns have begun preparing a data bank with rooms and apartments for potential evacuees from Tel Aviv.

28.   The others were executed in four outlying towns.

29.   The new year has been marked by an upsurge in IRA attacks and hoax threats that snarl traffic and close shops in Belfast and outlying towns.

30.   The two soldiers were part of the Special Forces troops that have been deployed in the outlying towns of Haiti.