21.   Each region would include six to eight states, according to a tentative blueprint.

22.   Other affected regions included Calvados in the north, Meuse and Haute-Marne in the east and Saone-et-Loire in the center.

23.   Stable regions include the capital of Kabul and much of southern Afghanistan, which is dominated by ethnic Pashtuns, another official said.

24.   The border region also includes mountain valleys that connect Macedonia to Kosovo and Serbia.

25.   The Bihac region includes a U.N.-mandated safe area around Bihac town, meaning that NATO could launch air strikes if the area were attacked.

26.   The border region also includes high valleys that connect Macedonia to Kosovo and Serbia.

27.   The Great Lakes region includes Zaire, Burundi and Rwanda, all of which have been torn by Hutu-Tutsi fighting.

28.   The Pacific region includes some West Coast U.S. and Canadian airports as well as Honolulu and major Asian points such as Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul.

29.   The North American region also included Australia and New Zealand, but the two countries did not send any skaters.

30.   The region includes Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and Tanzania.