11.   Health officials from the cities along the U.S.-Mexico border are attending a conference here to discuss such persistent regional problems as diabetes and birth defects.

12.   It also enjoys the distinction as the only major city along the upper river without a permanent flood wall.

13.   It is a hard pill to swallow for residents of the city along the Rhine River, a global hub of both the drug and chemical industries.

14.   It is not as cost-effective as the circuits they now make, stopping at cities along the way to pick up and drop off cargo.

15.   Likewise, many foreign tourists prefer to take the train, see the landscape at a slower pace and stop over in cities along the routes.

16.   Many cities along the lake are served by passenger rail.

17.   Now, Laredo and other cities along the Texas-Mexico border are lobbying the Legislature for relief as their roads become gridlocked.

18.   Often, the investigators said, the cars dropped off cocaine in cities along the way.

19.   Since then, five more units have formed in cities along the U.S.-Mexico border.

20.   Some smaller port cities along the river also favor the deepening.