71.   If the report is confirmed, the rebels would fully control the area around the strategic town of Ulu, a major gateway to oil fields in eastern Sudan.

72.   In October, Pinheiro had traveled to Lashio in the northern Shan state and the Wa controlled area in northeastern Myanmar.

73.   In north Mogadishu, two explosions occurred near the home of faction leader and Aidid opponent, Ali Mahdi Mohammed, who controls the area.

74.   In the wake of those attacks, Israeli officials have said their security demands that they control Palestinian areas.

75.   International officials say Bosnia should control the area until its status is settled.

76.   Israel claims the it controls the area to ensure the security of its northern residents who were under attack by guerilla fighters in southern Lebanon.

77.   It was hard to discern which side controlled what areas after a day of carnage in the Grozny area.

78.   Its fighting branch, the Waffen SS, battled on the front lines and was used to control occupied areas.

79.   Jets attacked Bamiyan three times, said Mohammed Jowari, a spokesman of the Shiite Muslim Hezb-e-Wahadat, which controls the area.

80.   Officials of the rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy-Liberation Movement, which controls the area, could not be reached for comment.