11.   Also Tuesday, the Macedonian Interior Ministry announced it will investigate burial sites in the northwestern region of Tetovo.

12.   And in the northwestern region of Karelia, some villagers even eat canned dog meat, the newspaper said, citing a local lawmaker.

13.   And China is using the war to justify harsh treatment of separatist Muslims in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, also known as East Turkestan.

14.   As war spread to the northwestern Bihac region last summer, her husband was killed as a soldier of the Muslim-led government army fighting Bosnian Serb attackers.

15.   At the same time, Bosnian army troops in the northwestern Bihac region moved east to retake Bosanski Novi, the newspaper said.

16.   Authorities have executed eight people convicted of bus bombings and other crimes in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang, where Muslim ethnic groups have been resisting Chinese rule.

17.   Beijing is fighting a low-level separatist guerrilla movement in its northwestern Muslim region of Xinjiang.

18.   Carla Del Ponte was to meet Prime Minister Ljubco Georgievski and other officials to plan an investigation of burial sites in the northwestern region of Tetovo.

19.   Chinese authorities have torn down illegally built mosques and closed down unauthorized religious classes in a campaign to counter unrest among Muslims living in the northwestern region of Xinjiang.

20.   Col. Kayumba Nyamwase, commander of the northwestern region, has estimated the rebel force as several hundred.