41.   Supporters of his election rival, President Didier Ratsiraka, have blocked the only road linking the capital to the principle port at Toamasina.

42.   The ambush took place Wednesday on the road linking the capital Vientiane with the northern city of Luang Prabang, a major tourist site.

43.   The dirt track is the only government-controlled road linking the capital Sarajevo with the rest of Bosnia that has not fallen to the Serbs.