1.   Bin Laden has long vowed to topple the ruling regime in his homeland of Saudi Arabia.

2.   Bush declined to talk about the possible aftermath of a destabilization of the Afghanistan government, where the ruling Taliban regime protects bin Laden.

3.   Divisions on the Albanian side represent another stumbling block to peace, even though Albanians are united in feeling wronged by the ruling Serbian regime.

4.   He added that past Taliban actions indicate the ruling regime would not stop fighting during Ramadan, either.

5.   It is regarded as a safety value by the ruling regimes to prevent fundamentalism from turning to violence.

6.   Its rigid ruling regime upsets human rights activists.

7.   Just ask The Economist and The Asian Wall Street Journal, both banned at various times for publishing articles interpreted to be critical of the ruling regime.

8.   Like Haq, Karzai is trying to foment an anti-Taliban uprising which he hopes will attract major defectors from the ruling regime.

9.   Novelas flourished, ironically attracting seasoned theater writers and actors muzzled by the ruling regime.

10.   One region holds particular pull for the leadership of the ruling Taliban regime and the other could be attractive to bin Laden and his al-Qaida organization.