51.   The army launched an offensive Tuesday to capture a vital road link in northern Sri Lanka controlled by Tamil Tiger rebels, a government official said.

52.   The busy road link between Milan and Genoa was closed to traffic for several hours as firefighters removed the wreckage.

53.   The bypass is part of an important European road link to the Black Sea.

54.   The government controls the peninsula but not the road link.

55.   The goal of the offensive is to capture control of a vital road link to the Jaffna Peninsula.

56.   The highway could also join up with new road links to Shenzhen and Zhuhai which are being considered.

57.   The highway is the only road link between southern Afghanistan and the northern half of the country.

58.   The military met stiff resistance from Tamil Tiger rebels as it launched an offensive Tuesday to capture a vital road link in northern Sri Lanka, military officials said.

59.   The highway, the only road link to northern Afghanistan, is blocked by huge boulders blasted out of a nearby mountain.

60.   The military has so far cleared nearly half of the road link.