1.   However, snow was falling just about everywhere in France except for along the Mediterranean coastline and in the south-central regions.

2.   Snow was falling just about everywhere in France except for along the Mediterranean coastline and in the south-central regions of Languedoc-Roussillon and Provence.

3.   Years of exploration, especially off the Mediterranean coastline, have yet to yield large quantities of oil in Israel.

4.   Cement, asbestos and chemical industries in northern Lebanon are polluting the Mediterranean coastline with cancer-causing toxins, the environmental group Greenpeace said Sunday.