21.   The Tiete-Parana waterway will spur industry and agriculture in the sparsely populated region, Riva said.

22.   Then they began asking the residents of the sparsely populated region to look for signs of the fallen meteorite.

23.   They are located in sparely populated regions that can never generate the number of gamblers needed to make casinos profitable.

24.   This densely populated region is surrounded, on three sides by mountains and one by sea.

25.   This is the most densely populated region in the country.

26.   What is known is that the area of central and northeast Honduras was a heavily populated region on the periphery of the Maya cultures.

27.   A major earthquake strikes a sparsely populated region in the Russian Far East early Sunday.

28.   A major earthquake struck a sparsely populated region in the Russian Far East on Saturday, officials said.

29.   A major earthquake struck a sparsely populated region in the Russian Far East early Sunday, officials said.

30.   Aid workers in neighboring Pakistan could not confirm casualty figures in the sparsely populated region.