111.  A suspected car bomb exploded in this northern coastal city Thursday, injuring at least five people, authorities said.

112.  A Russian cargo plane crashed shortly after take-off Tuesday morning near this northern city, Italian news agencies said.

113.  A young family peers hopefully at the northern city rising ahead, while images of the rural South recede in the background.

114.  A truck carrying the commandoes was blown up Wednesday in this northern city.

115.  A soccer fan died when his car smashed into the Mercedes of FC Porto striker and Russian international Sergei Yuran early Thursday in this northern city.

116.  Abil, speaking by satellite telephone, said alliance forces were preparing to move against Kunduz, the last northern city still held by the Taliban.

117.  Afghans contacted by telephone in the northern city said the thud of rockets and relentless firing of automatic weapons could be heard.

118.  After abandoning a key northern city, Taliban forces moved southward Saturday toward Kabul, where the opposition threatened to launch a major attack within days.

119.  Adm. T. Joseph Lopez issued the warning the day after Serb police in the northern city Banja Luka tried to block a British patrol that was confiscating weapons.

120.  After flooding the capital, Taipei, and other northern cities on Monday, Nari churned toward west-central Taiwan.