11.   Centered in the city of San Francisco de Macoris, the strike paralyzed businesses in two northeastern provinces and led to clashes between protesters and security officials.

12.   Cholera cases were first reported here last month and quickly spread through this remote northeastern province.

13.   Delegates Dai Xianlu, from Sichuan and Liu Yongfu, from northeastern Heilongjiang province said the votes reflected reality.

14.   Emergency medical supplies have been sent to Faizabad, the opposition-controlled capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, the Swedish Committee statement said.

15.   Farmers outside irrigated areas, including the northeastern provinces and upper northern region, will face severe water shortages.

16.   Foreign Minister Jean-Marie Ngendahayo told a news conference Wednesday the government was forming a Justice Ministry commission to investigate reports of massacres in northeastern Muyinga province.

17.   Hall said that he was shocked by the conditions in several villages he visited Friday in a northeastern province, Stung Treng.

18.   He said the Taliban also attacked opposition positions in the northeastern Laghman province, but gave no details.

19.   He then based himself in northeastern Badakhshan province.

20.   Heavy rain hampered voting in northeastern provinces and occasional showers fell in the metropolitan Buenos Aires area, home of one-third of the population.