61.   That route is the only road out of the besieged city.

62.   The big guns had been placed in collection depots last year under the threat of NATO airstrikes meant to end Serb mortar attacks on the besieged city.

63.   The attack came as the U.N. Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Mahmood Mestiri, made a new effort to broker a cease-fire for the besieged city.

64.   The attack came as the United Nations Special Envoy to Afghanistan, Mahmood Mestiri, launched a fresh effort to broker a cease-fire in and around the besieged city.

65.   The agreement committed the Serbs, who surround Sarajevo, to opening road access into the besieged city by Saturday.

66.   The airport, which sustains the humanitarian airlift to the besieged city, was immediately closed after the incident.

67.   The capture of Kunduz came hours after alliance troops gained a foothold inside the besieged city, then overran a town on its eastern flank.

68.   The capture of Kunduz was reported hours after alliance troops gained a small foothold inside the besieged city, then overran a town on its eastern flank.

69.   The first trucks, carrying watermelons and other goods, crossed the airport and headed into the besieged city Sunday afternoon.

70.   The electric supply to the besieged city is intermittent for years.