31.   Capturing the city would help the rebels open supply lines to that nation, where U.S. forces are stationed at an air base.

32.   Essa said the Taliban have no details about the electricity purchase agreement with Uzbekistan and have not paid their dues since they captured the city.

33.   European Christian knights capture Byzantine city of Constantinople, now Istanbul, Turkey.

34.   Ho spoke in Hanoi after his Viet Minh soldiers had captured the city from Japanese forces defeated in World War II.

35.   In Jaffna city, an unknown number of rebels were holding out against a seven-week campaign to capture the city.

36.   In Sulaymaniyah, the KDP troops flaunted their new authority after capturing the city from their rivals, the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

37.   Irbil residents interviewed by The Associated Press said Iraqi troops rounded up dozens of anti-Saddam activists after capturing the city Saturday.

38.   Irbil residents interviewed by The Associated Press said Iraqi troops rounded up dozens of anti-Saddam activists after capturing the city.

39.   It was unclear when it would attempt to capture the city.

40.   Most of the rebels withdrew to jungle towns on the mainland when the military captured Jaffna city, the rebel capital, last December.