51.   Many were systematically executed and thousands remain missing.

52.   On Monday, Markovski said the army made tentative gains in clashes with rebels in northern villages where thousands of civilians remained trapped amid an army offensive.

53.   On the other side of the Bay of Bengal, authorities in Bangladesh scaled down their storm warning, but thousands of volunteers remained on an evacuation alert.

54.   Other government officials said thousands of others remain at large.

55.   Russian troops quelled the conflict, but a state of emergency is still in place and thousands of refugees remain unsettled.

56.   Snow snarled city transport in the capital Sofia, and thousands of people remained stranded for hours at bus and streetcar stops.

57.   Statues of Lenin were removed from the streets of most Russian cities shortly after the Soviet collapse, but thousands remain.

58.   Snow snarled city transport in the capital Sofia, and thousands of people remained stranded for hours at bus and streetcarstops.

59.   Short said the volume of food aid reaching the Afghan people was growing, but thousands remained at risk of starvation.

60.   The clashes followed tentative gains made by the army in clashes with insurgents in northern villages where thousands of civilians remain trapped as the army continues its offensive.