11.   After Kabila defeated them, they retreated into the forests of the northeastern Masisi region until they were summoned to fight Kabila once more.

12.   An explosion destroyed four rooms of a government office in a remote northeastern region where guerrillas are fighting for a separate state, an official said Tuesday.

13.   An earlier draft included a united northeastern region for the Tamils.

14.   China is obligated by treaty to return fleeing North Koreans to their homeland, but has allowed thousands to live illegally in the northeastern region that borders North Korea.

15.   Earlier this month the northeastern region of Fruili Venezia Giulia confirmed its joint bid with bordering regions in Austria and Slovenia.

16.   During a brief visit to the tense northeastern region Sunday, Pastrana said the protesters were being intransigent and threatened to start issuing arrest orders.

17.   Efforts to reach the northeastern region of Cape Mount Country were thwarted by fighting between rebel factions.

18.   Efforts to reach the northeastern region of Cape Mount County were thwarted Wednesday because of renewed fighting.

19.   Elders and civic leaders in Puntland elected a new president Wednesday, ending three months of uncertainty in the breakaway northeastern region.

20.   Efforts to reach the northeastern region of Cape Mount Country were thwarted Wednesday because of renewed fighting.