41.   Lebed, the governor of the vast Krasnoyarsk region, has long been critical of Yeltsin.

42.   Mobile stations in the vast Sahara desert region have been collecting ballots since Monday.

43.   Morocco, which has developed a vast infrastructure in the vast region, claims it as part of the Moroccan nation.

44.   The Dutch are used to facing off against their eternal foe The Sea, and the riverine flooding that periodically inundates vast regions of the country.

45.   The campaign will concentrate on the vast Amazon region, where Brazil shares a sparsely populated jungle border with traditional drug producers such as Bolivia, Peru and Colombia.

46.   The former general, who is now governor of the vast Krasnoyarsk region in Siberia, met with Laurent Fabius, the Socialist president of parliament.

47.   The leading contenders include Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov and Alexander Lebed, a former general and now governor of a vast Siberian region.

48.   The vast Western Sahara region shares frontiers with Morocco, Mauritania and Algeria.

49.   The year-old Congolese civil war has embroiled six African armies and its impact has spilled across the vast region, hurting most struggling economies.

50.   The year old Congolese civil war has embroiled six African armies and its impact has spilled across the vast region, hurting most struggling economies.