41.   Some Russian officials have warned that Chechnya wants to expand its influence in Dagestan and other Muslim territories in the region.

42.   Strait also won the Impact Award, for expanding the influence of country music in other mediums.

43.   The group appears to be trying to expand its influence in the area just north of the so-called demilitarized zone.

44.   The Reagan administration considered the Sandinistas a socialist threat to the region and a tool for the Soviet Union to expand its influence.

45.   The Tajiks control the Afghan Defense Ministry and had been trying to expand their influence in Pashtun areas of the east.

46.   They accuse the Vatican of seeking to expand its influence in traditional Orthodox lands in eastern Europe.

47.   They denounced the new law as a subtle government attempt to expand its influence.

48.   Iran is seeking to expand its influence in the region, Davies said.

49.   Baghdad and the KDP accuse Iran of supporting the PUK in a bid to expand its influence in northern Iraq.

50.   At the same time, the company lavishly donated to both Democratic and Republican politicians in hopes to expand its influence in Washington.