1.   The Ringstrasse was built on a huge tract of open land surrounding the city which had previously served as a military fortification.

2.   In the Sudan cities are surrounded by huge camps filled with victims of a five year long civil war.

3.   Although there was almost no bombing in Grozny on Monday, Russian forces continued their furious assault on the region surrounding the city.

4.   Although located at the edge of the Cuyo desert, that water nourishes the vineyards surrounding the city.

5.   An underwater city is surrounded by an increasingly ripping series of marine monsters that sequentially gobble each other up.

6.   But Serbian forces still surround the city, and in recent weeks small-arms exchanges in and around the capital have increased.

7.   Cold air that sinks at night becomes trapped during the day in the bowl formed by the splendid volcanoes and mountains surrounding the city.

8.   Decaying cities will be surrounded by enormous suburbs segregated by race and class.

9.   Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld expressed hope that the Taliban and al-Qaida forces in Kandahar will surrender to opposition Pushtan forces who have surrounded the city.

10.   El Faiz is equally concerned about saving green spaces outside the medina, including the green belt that surrounds the city.