51.   But a U.N. guard in northern Iraq told The Associated Press that Kurdish rebels battled with Turkish troops in the Karkurk region near the Iranian border.

52.   But low clouds hampered visibility, slowing the rescue operations above a wilderness region near the southwest border with Ecuador, where dense Amazonian jungles meet spiny Andean peaks.

53.   By Sunday, the graphic artist from London was lying dead next to a guerrilla fighter in a jungle region near the road to Medellin.

54.   Defense Secretary Roger Luncheon said the toops will travel to six interior regions near the borders of Venezuela and Brazil.

55.   Dole toured the Chilean salmon producing region near the southern city of Puerto Montt over the weekend to gather information for the defense of Chilean producers.

56.   Eager to publicize the crackdown, Pakistani officials held a news conference Wednesday to detail the raids in the rugged, mountainous region near the border with Afghanistan.

57.   Egyptian soldiers surrounded Sudanese police stations in a disputed region near the Red Sea and confiscated transport vehicles, Sudan said Thursday.

58.   Five people have been killed in the region near the town of Richmond since Saturday.

59.   Floodwaters continued to rise Tuesday in the southern Juba region near the towns of Giamame and Jilib.

60.   Floodwaters also continued to rise Tuesday in the southern Juba region near the towns of Giamame and Jilib.