1.   Maddening, exhausting and fascinating -- this is Cairo, the sprawling capital of the Arab world.

2.   They have bombed two aqueducts as well as the infrastructure at the reservoir that provides water to this sprawling capital, causing little damage but heightening alarm.

3.   This sprawling capital city struggled to function Tuesday as a strike called by opposition forces closed stores and impeded travel for a second day.

4.   Airports were put on high alert nationwide, and security was beefed up around Manila, the sprawling capital.

5.   But the threat that Manila might be the next target of terrorist bombings has put the sprawling capital on a nervous alert.

6.   From his penthouse suite, Lennox Lewis can look past this sprawling gambling capital and see the desert.

7.   Golkar, which now is languishing in opinion polls, had planned six rallies around the sprawling capital after successfully campaigning elsewhere in the country.

8.   Ndolo Airport, in the center of the sprawling capital, has been closed since the accident, effectively grounding air cargo companies.

9.   Six provinces were dark as night fell, including the sprawling capital Manila.

10.   Talks of a possible curfew failed to materialize, and the sprawling capital largely appeared to be quiet Tuesday evening.