41.   Negotiations are expected to focus on unimplemented parts of past Israel-Palestinian accords, such as road links between Gaza and the West Bank.

42.   On Friday, flood waters washed out a small bridge, cutting off road link between Comilla and northeastern tea-growing Sylhet town.

43.   Rising waters along another river, the Nestos, also destroyed road links in the province and hampered efforts to help the homeless villagers.

44.   Russian forces destroyed a bridge between Chechnya and its eastern neighbor, Dagestan, cutting off a main rail and road link.

45.   Sarajevans waited in vain Saturday as Serbs reneged on a pledge to reopen a road link with the outside world.

46.   Since May, government troops have been trying to capture a vital road link through the northern mainland to clear a land route to the isolated Jaffna peninsula.

47.   Southern Bangladesh is often battered by storms that wash away villages and disrupt road links and telecommunications for days.

48.   Taliban officials shut down the Salang Highway, the only road link between Kabul and northern Afghanistan, because they said there would be fresh fighting in the area.

49.   Thailand proposed Thursday a direct road link between Penang Port in northwestern Malaysia and Songkla Port in southeastern Thailand, the Malaysian news agency Bernama said.

50.   That offensive puts severe pressure on the chief road link between Knin and Serb-held western Bosnia, a vital supply line for Serbs in Croatia.