1.   In Sarajevo, UN officials said they hoped to begin medical evacuations from the besieged city soon.

2.   But as a journalist, he said, he felt there was intense interest among the people of the besieged city in the renegade brigades.

3.   Diplomats here agreed but said that the recent toughening in the resolve of the international community to protect Sarajevo is also helping to improve conditions in the besieged city.

4.   He nonetheless remains loyal to his old friend, and twice tries to help Vlado, a Croat, and his Muslim wife flee the besieged city.

5.   His reports about conditions inside the besieged city apparently irritated Russian authorities.

6.   I knew him in Sarajevo, a besieged city I covered for two years as a correspondent for The New York Times.

7.   Our family agreed to help, and over the next six months, we tried various strategies to extract them from the besieged city.

8.   Rebel commanders continued negotiating with Taliban factions inside the besieged city, through intermediaries and by satellite phone.

9.   The good people of the NEA, like residents of a besieged city, do what they can to maintain a sense of normality.

10.   The Russian military dropped thousands of leaflets over Grozny on Monday, warning residents of the besieged city to get out by Saturday or risk death.