11.   The lack of peace has aggravated age-old village disputes and deepened new rifts, bringing back the explosive tensions the region faced just before the Zapatista insurrection.

12.   The region faces no imminent threat of attack.

13.   With fragile economies that depend on the United States for export-led growth, the region faces a vast potential disruption from the crisis.

14.   With the world economy in a slump and the U.S. battling back from terrorism, the region is facing tough times.

15.   Australian and New Zealand scientists Wednesday joined U.S. colleagues in suggesting the Pacific region could be facing another bout of El Nino.

16.   In the report, the U.N. chief said the region faces major problems including resettlement, reconstruction and removal of war debris.

17.   Instead, Clinton cited East Timor as an example, saying that region now faces tremendous difficulties because it broke away from Indonesia.

18.   Juwono stopped short of saying that funding was crucial too especially with the region facing economic problems.

19.   Keating warned that if the United States backed away from its military commitment, the region would face an arms race.

20.   SO ASIAN values were responsible for the economic and financial problems that the region is now facing?