21.   The village had been surrounded for some time, and the rebels recently said that they were withdrawing.

22.   The village is surrounded by mixed woodland with abundant wildlife, in which you can walk for miles and miles, straight from the house.

23.   People in the Christian town of Tentena said residents were readying their weapons for attacks by Muslims who have surrounded the village.

24.   Police said they brought in paramilitary troops to surround one village, home to many of the demonstrators.

25.   Razali said Tuesday the Acehnese had gone into hiding and that their villages were surrounded by police.

26.   A dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed in Yelwa and surrounding villages, Gomos said.

27.   A Serbian policeman was reported killed Tuesday and another wounded in clashes with ethnic Albanians in Kosovo, and Albanians said the police then surrounded three villages amid fighting.

28.   Along the Albanian border, meanwhile, newly arrived refugees told of Serb forces surrounding their villages early Tuesday and ordering them to leave immediately.

29.   Along the Albanian border, newly arrived refugees told of Serb forces surrounding their villages early Tuesday and ordering them to leave immediately.

30.   Albanians said three villages were then surrounded by Serbian police amid fighting.