11.   Since arriving in Afghanistan two months ago, the marines have had almost no contact with enemy soldiers despite numerous patrols in the mountainous border region with Pakistan.

12.   Since then reports continue to surface in Hanoi of Hmong raids on villages of fellow tribesmen living in Vietnam near its mountainous border with Laos.

13.   Soldiers also said that it appeared that some of the Qaida supporters might have escaped over the mountainous border into Pakistan, traveling on mules.

14.   Throughout the day Friday, allied forces were on the move in northern Macedonia, heading to forward staging areas near the mountainous border with Kosovo.

15.   Throughout the day, allied forces were on the move throughout northern Macedonia, heading to forward staging areas near the mountainous border with Kosovo.

16.   Why he was strangled on a backpacking trek through a Huichol Indian area along the mountainous border between Jalisco and Nayarit states remains unclear.

17.   A moderate earthquake struck the mountainous border region between Turkmenistan and Iran, but no damage or injuries were reported, a news agency said Wednesday.

18.   All along the mountainous border, towns and villages remote from other trade routes are achieving new prosperity from trading with China.

19.   ANKARA, Turkey -- The military is planning to build a string of fortresses along the mountainous border with Iraq to prevent incursions by Kurdish guerrillas.

20.   Besides, the two nations have yet to demarcate a mountainous border in the east.