11.   Weak disturbances will bring flurries to the Great Lakes while patchy clouds and showers develop in the western Ohio and southern Mississippi valleys.

12.   An international tribunal in October awarded Argentina sovereignty over a disputed southern valley, ending a century-long conflict.

13.   Some clouds lingered across the Southern California coast and southern interior valleys.

14.   The police arrive after dinner and stay through the night, a reminder that this little farmhouse nestled in a lush southern valley is not the paradise it seems.

15.   No official confirmation of the fall of the southern Salang valley could be immediately obtained here as top Taliban officials were unavailable for comment.

16.   No official confirmation of the fall of the southern Salang valley could be immediately obtained as top Taliban officials were unavailable for comment.