21.   A lack of flights has blocked thousands from making the journey, worrying people who paid for the trip but may not be able to go.

22.   A lack of flights has blocked thousands from making the journey, stirring anxiety in a land struggling to consolidate a shaky peace.

23.   A lack of flights from Kabul has blocked thousands from making the journey.

24.   A state of emergency was declared in central Chile on Monday after heavy rains drove thousands from their homes and caused millions of dollars in damage.

25.   As a result, Palestinian workers were expelled by the thousands from Kuwait after the war.

26.   But while the church compound brings Rwandans together on Christmas day, its history divides them as both groups remember massacres that left thousands from each side dead.

27.   Court bars tens of thousands from voting in Zimbabwe poll.

28.   Each year, thousands from the Middle East, Asia, and Africa try to reach European Union countries through Turkey, immigrating illegally by land or sea.

29.   Fighting between the rebels and Macedonian government forces killed dozens and drove thousands from their homes before a Western-brokered peace deal was signed in August.

30.   France and the United States have led efforts to evacuate thousands from the city.