41.   Last Thursday, Israel also laid siege to Palestinian towns in the West Bank.

42.   Mobs also laid siege to election-counting centers.

43.   Muslims who oppose the Sarajevo government and Serbs from Croatia have been laying siege to the town of Velika Kladusa, held by the Bosnian army.

44.   On the stroke of half-time, the heavy Cats forwards laid siege to the Queensland line.

45.   Russian forces were also laying siege to several other villages in western Chechnya on Monday, intensifying their hunt for rebel fighters on the run.

46.   Russian forces laid siege to several villages in western Chechnya on Monday, intensifying their hunt for rebel fighters on the run.

47.   Saddam accused Iran Sunday of joining the United States and Israel in laying siege to Iraq, and continuing to harbor hostile ambitions against it.

48.   She has so far resisted requests from party leaders and hundreds of supporters, who have laid siege to her New Delhi residence, to reconsider her decision.

49.   Soldiers laid siege to Hebron on Friday, barring Palestinians from entering and leaving.

50.   So Israeli troops laid siege to Ramallah last Saturday, barring everyone from leaving or entering until Herbawi was released.