21.   In the Palestinian areas, many hotels have been shut down due to Israeli travel restrictions that prevent visitors from reaching Palestinian towns.

22.   In Shkodra, Mayor Bahri Borici said the investment schemes reached the town late, and therefore many people would lose their money.

23.   It said Russian troops would not let civilians flee Arshty and had stopped a government aid convoy, including ambulances, from reaching the town on Sunday.

24.   Many told aid workers they had walked for days before reaching larger towns.

25.   Refugee Ram Euy said her husband was away working in the rice fields with their eldest child when fighting reached the town.

26.   Riots even reached towns otherwise known for successful Jewish-Arab coexistence, such as the old coastal town of Acre.

27.   She was trying to reach a town inside a former rebel stronghold being targeted by airstrikes and a military ground offensive.

28.   The army and other rescuers put off further attempts to reach the town until Wednesday.

29.   The first visitors since the war began three years ago had expected the worst when they reached this isolated and long-besieged town.

30.   The Press Trust of India news agency reported that Advani reached the town after the explosions because of a delayed flight.