11.   Archenemies India and Pakistan have fought two of their three wars over the rugged Kashmir border region and are locked in a costly arms race.

12.   LCI television said the raid on the Armed Islamic Group, the most feared militant wing, occurred in the rugged Ataba region.

13.   Mercaderes is in a rugged region teeming with rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC.

14.   Rebels and the Turkish military have laid thousands of mines in the rugged region, and accidental civilian casualties are not uncommon.

15.   Russian troops continued fighting the rebels in the rugged Botlikh region, where the militants seized several villages on Saturday.

16.   Several clashes between residents and border guards have erupted in the past two years in the rugged region where the borders of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan merge.

17.   Shining Path guerrilla leader Oscar Ramirez Durand was detained early Wednesday morning as he tried to escape through a rugged highland region, President Alberto Fujimori said.

18.   Such high figures seem unlikely, but to pass through towns in this rugged region is to see signs of support everywhere.

19.   The borders in the rugged region where Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan converge are disputed and in recent years have seen clashes between those governments and Islamic militants.

20.   The movement of Turkish military units, equipped with tanks, armored vehicles and heavy guns, are slowed down by snow in the rugged region during winter months.