1.   A group of dissidents from the three far northeastern provinces mailed a similar application to the Civil Affairs Ministry here.

2.   CPR settlements in the central Quiche highlands and in northeastern Peten province also have emerged in recent years.

3.   Other northeastern provinces were wracked by protests by laid-off workers this March.

4.   Police on Friday also barricaded the planned venue of an opposition rally in Lahore, capital of northeastern Punjab province.

5.   Rabbani is currently headquartered in Faizabad, the capital of northeastern Badakhshan province, which borders on Tajikistan.

6.   A four-person United Nations team left Islamabad Saturday morning, flying to northeastern Badakshan province, which neighbors Takhar.

7.   A U.N. team left Islamabad on Saturday morning, flying to northeastern Badakshan province, which neighbors Takhar.

8.   A spokesman for the governor of the northeastern Podlaskie province, Krystyna Lukaszuk, said Saturday that permission had been given for the exhumation.

9.   Armed Afghan bandits killed an Iranian officer and captured eight others in clashes in the northeastern Khorasan province, Iranian television reported Monday.

10.   Besides the ransom, the kidnappers have also demanded more roads in their northeastern Dhamar province.