1.   Polonnaruwa, famous for its ancient ruins, borders a province where Tamil rebels want to set up an independent homeland for the minority Tamils.

2.   An ally said recently he was in Badakshan province in the far northeastern province of Afghanistan, bordering Takhar province.

3.   An ally said recently that he was in Badakshan province in the far northeastern province of Afghanistan, bordering Takhar province.

4.   As a result more opium is being moved out of Afghanistan through the Central Asian states, particularly Tajikistan which borders Badakhshan province.

5.   Ethnic Albanians in both Kosovo and in areas of southern Serbia bordering the province boycotted the vote.

6.   Gur borders four provinces that the opposition considers crucial to efforts to unseat the Taliban.

7.   However, ethnic Albanians in both Kosovo and in areas of southern Serbia bordering the province boycotted the vote.

8.   The violence has raised fears Albania, which borders the province, and other Balkan nations could be drawn into the fighting.

9.   They claimed on Thursday to have captured the key central province of Gur, which borders four provinces the opposition considers crucial to unseating the Taliban.

10.   He stressed that it was some distance from Pakistan, which borders Paktia province.