51.   They want to drive Christians and Jews out of vast regions of Asia and Africa.

52.   U.S. critics of the pullout fear it will facilitate the movement of cocaine out of a vast region of southern Colombia.

53.   With the latest pact, the government claims it has pacified the vast northern region, where the rearmed Contra rebels roamed.

54.   He also cited growing port congestion, poor transport infrastructure, shortage of trained people and poor quality shipping in the vast region.

55.   A vast region of Brazil including much of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro states was plunged into darkness by a major blackout, power company Electrobras announced.

56.   The South African observatory in the rugged Karoo, a vast semi-desert region in Cape province, should have a ringside seat for the spectacle.

57.   The vast Wanni region, of which Mallavi is a key facility of the LTTE, is like a land locked in a time capsule.

58.   Xinjiang, formerly Chinese Turkistan, is a vast region at the edge of central Asia with a Moslem majority population where anti-Chinese demonstrations are frequent.

59.   Local officials said shops closed and the streets emptied of people as tension gripped the emabttled town located near the vast Wanni region which is dominated by Tiger rebels.

60.   Soon after warplanes dropped bombs on targets throughout the vast region, apparently killing at least three civilians.