1.   Frontier areas with low population densities attract particular kinds of exploitation of natural resources.

2.   In frontier areas they are critical to our ability to win access.

3.   This increased the importance of exploration and development projects in frontier areas.

4.   Private companies operating in Pakistan have occasionally declared force majeure because of lawlessness in frontier areas.

5.   The so-called triple frontier area has a large Arab population and in the past has offered shelter to Islamic militants and provided funding for Hezbollah and similar groups.

6.   And some fled to remote frontier areas to carry on the fight.

7.   Buzzard is comparable to a lot of fields in frontier areas around the world, including the Gulf of Mexico and the coast off western Africa, Kenney said.

8.   Das said the shelling occurred in the frontier areas of Akhnoor and Mendar.

9.   He and other aid workers report no major problems so far among the refugees, and no major hindrances by the Thai military, who control the frontier area.

10.   He was referring to a longtime arrangement in which Pakistan has allowed tribal leaders autonomy in the rugged and lawless frontier area that is home to many Taliban supporters.