21.   And a four-man UN team from Geneva, responding to an Syrian call for international assistance, arrived in the stricken region Thursday to evaluate the damage.

22.   The police said winds tore down telecommunication networks, hampering efforts to collect information from the two stricken regions.

23.   The police said winds tore down telecommunication networks, hampering efforts to get information from the two stricken regions.

24.   They said winds tore down telecommunication networks, hampering efforts to get information from the two stricken regions.

25.   Winds tore down telecommunication networks, hampering efforts to get information from the two stricken regions, they said.

26.   On Sunday, a team of engineers and architects was expected to visit the stricken regions to assess the damage.

27.   President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has ordered a special team to the stricken region to assess the damage and speed up relief operations, Tehran Radio said.

28.   Several other villages in the stricken region have been evacuated and other landslides were continuing in the Pamirs, Radio Kabul said in a report late Saturday.

29.   The army on Monday stepped up the search for survivors in the stricken region.