21.   Both candidates indicated interest in the long-impoverished South Texas border region.

22.   A cold front advancing quickly southeast toward the Great Lakes will bring a few showers to the border region and shifting, gusty winds from the Dakotas to Michigan.

23.   A handful of cases were reported in the border region between Ivory Coast and Liberia, but only one infection was confirmed.

24.   A senior official said this man was carrying a map of the border region and other documents that made Pakistani authorities suspicious.

25.   Activists and politicians, concerned about whether the measure would succeed because it affects only the border region, expressed relief Wednesday.

26.   Additional roadblocks were set up to search vehicles and check identity papers, particularly of those from the southern border region.

27.   But along the border region the Turkish Kurdish rebels have established many base camps, outside the control of the Iraqi Kurdish administration.

28.   But local authorities concede that the situation is dangerous, and provide armed guards to journalists and aid workers who come in for short trips to the border regions.

29.   But it is here, in this remote border region, where the newly paved road and the free-trade atmosphere have helped commerce the most.

30.   But outside the border regions, many Peruvians seemed largely indifferent to the dispute.