21.   The movement of rebels along the northeastern coast of the island was also discussed.

22.   The Humane Society sent letters to the Navy and fisheries service Thursday asking for a halt to the bombing in the area on the northeastern coast.

23.   The next day, an unexploded pipe bomb was also found on a beach along the northeastern coast.

24.   The stark differences in the landscape of the Big Island became ever more clear after we reboarded the helicopter and headed along the northeastern coast.

25.   Two Italian tourists drowned and a third was presumed drowned as they swam in heavy surf off the northeastern coast of this Caribbean nation Friday, authorities said.

26.   The rebels have carried out similar attacks on navy craft off the northeastern coast.

27.   Journalists are barred from going to the rebel-held region, including Mullaitivu district along the northeastern coast, a long-time LTTE bastion.

28.   South Korean troops on Friday killed four more North Koreans from a submarine that ran aground on the northeastern coast Wednesday, television reports said.

29.   The authority has meanwhile carried out technical and feasibility studies that showed the existence of minerals such as uranium ore and zircone in the sands of the northeastern coast.