91.   Kok will meet with Peres and PLO chief Yasser Arafat before leaving the region on Thursday.

92.   Many have already left the region despite international assurances of their safety.

93.   Many coffee pickers left the region after the storm hit and others want high wages for working on areas they believe are in danger of further landslides.

94.   More than a decade of guerrilla warfare in neighboring Afghanistan has left the region brimming with weapons, including large ordnance, assault rifles and shoulder fired missiles.

95.   Most aid organizations left the region after fighting broke out within the anti-Taliban alliance.

96.   Most official and private aid groups also left the region.

97.   Now they must decide whether to leave the region in an international airlift that offers a chance at restoring some balance to their lives.

98.   On Wednesday, Arafat held talks there with Secretary of State Colin Powell, who left the region without a truce deal.

99.   On Wednesday, Arafat held talks there with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, who left the region without a truce deal.

100.   One of the biggest now is whether to leave the region.