(1) The benign ruler who took over, Major-General Bantu Holomisa, spoke at the graveside.

(2) The commander of the ongoing operation in Bajaur, Major-General Tariq Khan, told a group of local and foreign reporters on Saturday that troops were now in complete control of the town of Loisam.

(3) At 4 p.m. on February 21, 1986, Major-General Fidel Ramos was preparing to face a gathering of angry neighbors.

(4) Regional commander Major-General Sajjad Ghani says the capture of Banai Baba Ziarat was a major setback for the militants and has paved the way for gains on the battlefield.

(5) Major-General Abbas says tens of thousands of troops have rescued more than 19,000 people from marooned areas, using helicopters and boats.

(6) A major-general at his side berated the festival organisers as traitors, before stomping out, with his wife in tow.

(7) Speaking to VOA, army spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas distanced the Pakistani military from the incident.

(8) Major-general Lo Hsien-che seems to be the highest-ranking Taiwanese officer in decades accused of passing secrets to China.

(9) Major-General Amos Yadlin said this does not mean that Iran actually has an atomic bomb[http://], but that it has the expertise and materials needed to build one.

(10) Not surprisingly, Chinese Major-General Peng Guangqian said the US was making too big a deal out of the test.

(11) Major-General Athar Abbas, Pakistan's chief military spokesman, was not immediately available for comment.

(12) Pakistani army spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas spoke with reporters late Saturday about the level of devastation in the northwest.

(13) According to informed sources, those taken into custody include at least one major-general.

(14) The government is said to have met in special session and put his eldest son, Major-General Joseph Kabila, in charge.

(15) The interviewing panel was civil and included a peer of the realm, a major-General, and a gentleman farmer.

(16) On his arrival, M. Myriel was installed in the episcopal palace with the honors required by the Imperial decrees, which class a bishop immediately after a major-general.

(17) "It signifies a major shift in the fighting, " Major-General Athar Abbas, the chief military spokesman, said.

(18) "Before apologising for their huge mistake ... they have no right to talk about nuclear negotiations, " Major-General Hassan Firouzabadi was quoted as saying by the Fars news agency.

(19) Cooper arrived in Iraq in early 2005 as a major-general fresh from acting as a deputy theatre commander in Afghanistan, where the insurgency had then largely been stabilised.