61.   The alliance believes taking Mazar-e-Sharif and other northern regions, including Taloqan and Bamiyan, would open up supply routes from the north.

62.   The book, published by a Kaduna company, is a biography of Gen. Hassan Katsina, a former military governor of the northern region of Nigeria.

63.   The incident occurred in the northern region of Uraba, scene of repeated battles between guerrillas, ex-guerrillas and para-military groups.

64.   The foreign worms have slowly occupied these northern regions and are continuing to expand their territory with alacrity.

65.   The general is said to have a considerable following in the northern region near Mazar-i-Sharif but a spotty human rights record.

66.   The grape is thought to be native to the hills around Tramin in the northern Italian region of Alto Adige, also known as the Italian Tyrol.

67.   The incident occurred in the northern region of Uraba, where repeated clashes involving guerrillas, ex-guerrillas and paramilitary groups have taken place.

68.   The Northern Alliance is a grouping of several different regional and ethnic militias, a mix of Tajiks and Uzbeks who hail from the northern regions of Afghanistan.

69.   The northern Caucasus region is a mosaic of non-Slavic peoples, most of them Muslims like the Chehchens, whose relations with Moscow have frequently been stormy.

70.   The Northern League sees the government as siphoning money from the northern regions to prop up the poorer south with programs that many in the north consider wasteful boondoggles.