1.   The dykes are the last stronghold for plants and must be cleaned up if they can be expected to re-colonize the Broads in the future.

2.   The town is the last Muslim stronghold to defy Serbs who now control almost all of eastern Bosnia.

3.   A day after Taliban forces abandoned their last stronghold at Kandahar, pockets of resistance led to isolated skirmishes near the city.

4.   Afghan opposition forces, including Northern Alliance troops, closed in around the southern city of Kandahar, the last stronghold under Taliban control.

5.   Football is the last stronghold of manhood.

6.   Franks said it appeared that the Taliban leadership was now concentrated in or around Kandahar, its political base and last remaining military stronghold.

7.   In their last stronghold, at least, the Taliban are by no means eviscerated.

8.   It served as the center of Taliban strength and was its last major stronghold before U.S. and Northern Alliance troops moved into the city late last year.

9.   It now appears that the last stronghold of polio will be in Africa, as it was for smallpox.

10.   Kandahar was the last major stronghold for the routed Taliban, who have abandoned the city and fled with many fighters.