41.   Some said they had been ordered by the Taliban to leave villages near the front line because attacks were expected soon.

42.   The residents said three young people, including a single mother of two, had left the village on Friday.

43.   The rocks framing the harbor came from Like the Costellos, the Austins leave their villages up year-round.

44.   The president of Macedonia, Boris Trajkovski, made a national radio and television address urging civilians to leave villages held by the rebels.

45.   The women and elders of her family say they left their village when Serb forces began threatening.

46.   Thousands of residents have been forced to leave their villages.

47.   Three days later, after the soldiers had left the village, villagers buried the dead.

48.   We leave the village, noting the shrapnel signature on the walls.

49.   We left the village and went into the mountains.

50.   Witnesses said they blocked the minibuses from leaving the village.