1.   The surrounding jungle is slowly engulfing the tiny capital of this former Portuguese colony.

2.   Rebel casualties were not immediately known, but soldiers found blood stains in the surrounding jungle, indicating that several guerrillas had been killed or wounded, said Dunuwille.

3.   A sense of lawlessness pervades Lago Agrio, and it is not uncommon to see settlers from the surrounding jungle selling animal skins.

4.   Air force personnel, reluctant to kill the elephants, waited for forestry officials to drive the animals back to the surrounding jungle.

5.   Along with several of his students and another priest, Locatelli fled into the surrounding jungle.

6.   An army patrol has arrived in Uchiza to search for the rebels, who withdrew into the surrounding jungle.

7.   At dawn, several hours after the guerrilla attack, Sri Lankan helicopter gunships and Argentine-built warplanes bombed the surrounding jungles, and artillery shelled the area.

8.   But the guerrillas were nowhere to be seen as the heavily armed government soldiers, their faces smeared with camouflage paint, conducted sweeps into the surrounding jungle.

9.   Doh Say said Karenni forces would scatter into the surrounding jungle and launch small-scale guerrilla attacks if Burmese soldiers succeed in capturing Naung Long Hill.

10.   Fresh troops were hunting for rebel stragglers in the surrounding jungles, Dewage said.