41.   A series of earthquakes hit a provincial town in eastern Indonesia, causing panic among residents but apparently no damage or injuries, officials said Friday.

42.   A protest was also reported in at least one provincial town on Tuesday.

43.   Abandoned buildings outside provincial towns fill with families from the poorer countryside.

44.   A protest was also reported in at least one provincial town.

45.   An assailant set fire to three mosques in a provincial Indonesian town, raising fears of an outburst of religious violence, the official Antara news agency reported Thursday.

46.   An ultra-Orthodox rabbi working in a provincial town in Russia to bring Jews closer to their heritage was severely beaten up by skinheads, the daily Haaretz said Friday.

47.   At least five people were killed in fighting between anti-riot officers and separatist protesters in an Indonesian provincial town, witnesses said Thursday.

48.   Belgrade resembles a provincial town where citizens roam the streets with flashlights.

49.   Demonstrations in the capital, Lima, and in the provincial towns of Ica and Chimbote, led to riots.

50.   Despite efforts to phase out the old currency, Indians and merchants in some provincial towns in the central Andes have continued to use the sucre.