21.   Government forces have advanced on Banja Luka in recent weeks, sending tens of thousands of Serb refugees fleeing into the city from outlying regions.

22.   He said other cities such as Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, and Lille should be considered first to promote economic development in outlying regions.

23.   In Cuba, damages to telephone lines and microwave antennae that provide national long distance service snarled communications between Havana and outlying regions.

24.   Many people from the hardest hit outlying region of Sibi were still struggling to dig victims from rubble, authorities said.

25.   Nearby on the airport tarmac, two other Antonovs from Germany and Belgium were disgorging relief supplies, which smaller planes and helicopters ferried to outlying regions.

26.   Support of people in outlying regions like Krasnodar is crucial for Yeltsin.

27.   The federal government in Moscow insists that Russia has enough food, but a lack of money has delayed deliveries to outlying regions.

28.   The South African Press Association reported that protesters were pouring into the capital, Maseru, from outlying regions.

29.   Voting in outlying regions and on ships traditionally begins before the scheduled election date.

30.   Inhabitants of the town were nonetheless urged to be cautious, and the alert remained in force in outlying regions.