1.   And another enclave of ethnic Chinese will spring up in the mainly Muslim frontier region of Xinjiang.

2.   Millions of refugees have strained the local economy and, in the view of many Pakistanis, introduced a guns-and-drugs culture to the frontier regions.

3.   The verdict has provoked fears of more intense outbursts of violence in this Amazon frontier region.

4.   Saleh is cooperating with the United States to keep al-Qaida fighters from establishing a new base in the remote frontier regions of Yemen that border Saudi Arabia.

5.   Taliban leaders say they have rushed troops to the frontier region to repulse any Iranian attack.

6.   The frontier region of Kashmir is divided between the two nations.

7.   The international community has urged restraint by Pakistan and India following the crash of two Indian warplanes in Pakistan during a military strike in the mountainous Kashmir frontier region.

8.   The men hung back, some wearing cowboy hats, with pistols tucked into their belts, standard equipment in the lawless frontier region.

9.   The two armies have engaged in intense cross-border firing since Friday, and thousands of villagers have fled the frontier region.

10.   The World Food Program stepped in Thursday to help Pakistan deal with a critical wheat shortage that has caused rioting in its remote frontier regions.