1.   As their planes took off, they could see flames and smoke rising from fires burning within and around the outskirts of the tiny seaside capital.

2.   For three days recently, the volunteer militia rampaged through this drab, tiny seaside capital, firing guns and hacking at their victims with knives and cutlasses.

3.   Hours later, Clinton was scheduled to leave Andrews Air Force Base for the six-hour flight to this seaside Portuguese capital.

4.   Pro-government troops rushed to key towns near Freetown to prepare for an expected rebel offensive as thousands of frightened villagers poured into the steamy seaside capital.

5.   Pinkie McCann-Willis was supposed to have been married Saturday to her Nigerian fiance, a peacekeeping soldier stationed in the balmy, seaside capital of Sierra Leone.

6.   A trade show in the seaside capital of Dili Saturday featured handicrafts, clothes, herbal products and educational exhibits on East Timorese culture.

7.   All the shops and office buildings in the seaside capital have been looted and most of them destroyed since the fighting began.

8.   All of the shops and office buildings in the seaside capital have been looted and most of them destroyed since government troops and rebels began fighting nine days ago.

9.   All the shops and office buildings in the seaside capital have been looted and most of them destroyed.

10.   All shops and office buildings in the seaside capital have been looted and most of them destroyed since the fighting began.