1.   Both discovery sites are in the arid south of Peru, near Arequipa.

2.   In Kandahar, the largest city in the arid south, it is not only locals who are thinking about an American attack.

3.   In recent weeks, however, many regions, particularly the arid south, have been whipped by heavy rains almost daily.

4.   Voting was held in booths set up in the shadow of towering office blocks in Bombay in western India and heat-seared villages in the arid south.