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And even as the bloody siege continues, so, too, do signs of life.

It has long been a battle cry in conservative circles that Christmas is under siege.

The Kurds claimed at least 100 Islamic militants were killed in the two-day battle to lift the siege.

As a cafe in Sydney, Australia came under siege by a hostage-taking gunman on Monday, those nearby attempted to flee the area.

Purely by chance, Anna Coren had landed in Sydney just as the chocolate shop siege began.

After an eight weeks' siege, a breach having been made, the city surrendered, and a month later the fort followed the example.

This is a conquered city, virtually if not nominally in a state of siege, without assignable period.

During the siege of Acre he commanded the covering force, and pushed reconnaissances far and wide.

To pull through such a siege, the old settlers usually did much better than the new.

As the siege progressed besiegers and besieged actually came to know each other by sight.