41.   Israel supports new building in West Bank settlements at certain areas close to the border, Housing Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer said Wednesday.

42.   Last week two people were reported missing and thousands of people had to evacuate their homes in areas close to Kendal as flash floods hit Semarang and surrounding districts.

43.   Meanwhile Israeli troops patrolled the area close to the headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in another district of Ramallah.

44.   Meanwhile, Israeli troops patrolled the area close to the headquarters of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in another district of Ramallah.

45.   Other unexploded bombs were found and defused by Israeli bomb experts in a sweep in the area close to Nahal Oz.

46.   Pakistan police said they found four live rockets Monday abandoned in a deserted area close to the airport in the southern city of Karachi.

47.   Powell was in this town making an inspection tour of the northern area close to the border with Lebanon as part of his Middle East peace mission.

48.   Previous operations by troops at Palaly have been limited to capturing LTTE-held areas close by.

49.   Six Russian warplanes on Saturday bombarded an area close to a Chechen village, killing at least three people and injuring six, according to eyewitness accounts here.

50.   The commander of a Polish de-mining unit lost a leg Friday while clearing an area close to the main runway at this coalition air base.