51.   The fire at the Anshan Department Store in northeastern Liaoning province was another sign that safety is suffering as China pursues rapid economic growth.

52.   The decline comes at a time when Sri Lanka needs all the revenue it can to finance its war against Tamil rebels fighting for independence in the northeastern provinces.

53.   The decline comes at a time when the government needs revenue to finance its war against separatists guerrillas in the northeastern provinces.

54.   The company is also testing boll worm-resistant corn in two northeastern provinces.

55.   The governor of northeastern Podlaskie province, Krystyna Lukaszuk, agreed to the exhumation, the PAP news agency quoted his spokesman as saying.

56.   The letter came from Leng Wanbao, Xiao Lijun and Wang Zechen, who represent the Democracy Party in three northeastern provinces.

57.   The governor of northeastern Podlaskie province, Krystyna Lukaszuk, agreed to the exhumation, the PAP news agency quoted his spokesman, Marek Pietrowcew, as saying.

58.   The kidnappers have demanded an undisclosed amount of money and more roads in their northeastern Dhamar province.

59.   The hotel in northeastern Liaoning province has had serious problems with prostitution and pornography since it opened last November, the report said.

60.   The Itar-Tass and IRNA reports said the anti-Taliban alliance gained ground in far northeastern Takhar province.