71.   Ethnologists say the practice came from the eastern region of Karelia, where Russian tradition was strong even when it was a part of Finland.

72.   Four miners were trapped in a collapse at a coal mine in the eastern Ukrainian Donetsk region, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Monday.

73.   Frustration has been fueled by economic hardship and the deaths of dozens of protesters during fierce riots in the eastern Kabyle region earlier this year.

74.   Government and Muslim opposition forces on Thursday declared a one-day truce in their two-week fighting in the eastern Tavildara region, news reports said.

75.   He also showed videotapes of a severely beaten communist candidate in the eastern region of Luhansk, and said the party would take the case to court.

76.   Greece on Monday warned that a continuation of conflict in the Middle East could engulf other Arab states and threaten the wider eastern Mediterranean region.

77.   Greece warned on Monday that a continuation of conflict in the Middle East could engulf other Arab states and threaten the wider eastern Mediterranean region.

78.   He said the eastern African region currently is very competitive for foreign investors.

79.   He said the deaths are concentrated in three eastern regions, including the capital, Niamey.

80.   He was arrested in June by United Nations forces in the eastern Slavonia region of Croatia.