11.   Environmental groups had warned that the proposed location of the plant, on the southern Mediterranean coast near Mersin, was near an earthquake fault.

12.   Hafez Assad especially favored the tribes from his hometown of Qardaha in the Alawite Mountains along the Mediterranean coast.

13.   His anecdotes about the days he spent on the Mediterranean coast were enough to convince his friends to sign up.

14.   In recent years, many secular Israelis have left Jerusalem for its suburbs or for the Mediterranean coast in and around Tel Aviv.

15.   It can be a pleasant shortcut for anyone heading to Tel Aviv, along the Mediterranean coast.

16.   Much of the industry, especially on the Mediterranean coast, is fueled by a stream of tourists from Israel, where casinos are banned.

17.   Most are Arabs, but there are millions of Berbers, who seem to have lived along the Mediterranean coast of Africa forever.

18.   On their first days in Gaza, they relaxed at well-guarded hotels along the Mediterranean coast, some of them bathing in the sea for the first time.

19.   Situated amid rolling hills off the Mediterranean coast, Valderrama is subject to winds that can shift drastically from morning to afternoon.

20.   Some say its inhabitants live on a flat stretch along the Mediterranean coast running north from Tel Aviv to Herzliya.