21.   A village close to the town fell Friday into rebel hands.

22.   The protest took place by Manara, a village close to the border with Lebanon, from where Perry observed the Golan before taking a helicopter.

23.   UN police said Saturday they are investigating Bosnian Serb claims that Moslems kidnapped three pensioners from a village close to the former Moslem-Serb frontline.

24.   Two schools were also damaged in a village close to Luxor during the downpour.

25.   Police said the bus flipped over several times after skidding near Sogutcuk, a village close to the southwestern town of Antalya.

26.   Protesters, who hoped to set up a solidarity village close to the meeting site, have been trying to find a suitable location for their activities.

27.   Rangeel Singh, a resident of Nanga village close to the border with Pakistan, said villagers were panic stricken.

28.   Supected Moslem militants shot dead a policeman in a village close to Mallawi on Saturday.

29.   The five-member team began digging near a bridge in a village close to the town of Sanski Most, the source said.

30.   The incident occured in the Banja Vrucica village close to the nothern Serb-held town of Teslic.