31.   Colombian troops entered the main town of a former guerrilla stronghold at dawn Saturday, beefing up security hours before a planned visit by President Andres Pastrana.

32.   Christiansted, the Danish-built main town on the southern island of St. Croix, is quaint, Middlesworth concedes.

33.   During the operation, which wound-down this month, Israel took control of main towns and refugee camps and fought battles with Palestinian gunmen and bombers.

34.   Early Thursday, dozens of Pakistani shells pounded the mountains around Kargil, the main Indian town near the frontier.

35.   Eight people were killed last Wednesday when a bomb exploded under a vegetable stand in the market in Blida, the main town in the region.

36.   Even the pasture of the mayor of La Hormiga, the main town where the missions have centered, was fumigated.

37.   Gruic spoke at a press conference in Vukovar, the main town in the region, known as eastern Slavonia.

38.   Hadi had been identified from video tape of the bodies lying in a hospital in Marjayoun, the main town in the Israeli-occupied zone, Hezbollah said.

39.   He also said Serbs were leaving Bujanovac, the main town on the contested area, because the rebels have been spotted nearby.

40.   Hadi had been identified from videotape of the bodies lying in a hospital in Marjayoun, the main town in the Israeli-occupied zone, Hezbollah said.