1.   The new road will stretch from Barcelona to the Adriatic, hugging the Mediterranean coast.

2.   Oil leaking from the Cypriot-registered Haven tanker, which exploded during a routine pumping operation off Genoa, caused pollution along the Mediterranean coast eastwards towards Nice.

3.   The pair became used to the waves and hoots from passing motorists, trucks and even train drivers as they journeyed to the Mediterranean coast.

4.   Arman was born in Nice, on the Mediterranean coast.

5.   A narrow road winds along the Mediterranean coast and up into the rugged hillsides of southern Lebanon.

6.   By accident of history and geography, Israel has become the culinary crossroads of the disparate people who hug the Mediterranean coast.

7.   Bypassing Istanbul and the historic sites, they flock to the all-inclusive vacation villages dotting the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey.

8.   Clusters of ugly vacation complexes dot the Aegean and Mediterranean coasts, but the coasts are so long that much land is still available for preservation or planned development.

9.   Each summer, they will return to this Mediterranean coast.

10.   EcoPeace chairman Dr. Magdi Allam reports that Egypt plans to build up to five tourist resorts on the Mediterranean coast, from El Arish to the Suez Canal.