21.   According to Russian news services, the latest incident occurred off the southern shore of Kunashir Island.

22.   During a summit in Cannes, France last month, EU leaders outlined plans for economic and political ties with the countries of the southern Mediterranean shore.

23.   Hundreds more illegal immigrants made it to southern Italian shores Monday, only to be rounded up into detention centers.

24.   Hussein and Christopher are to meet later Wednesday to discuss Mideast peacemaking at an Israeli resort on the southern shores of the Sea of Galilee.

25.   Italy on Wednesday returned two impounded Albanian military vessels that landed on its southern shores last spring loaded with refugees.

26.   Saudi Arabia and Yemen dominate the southern Red Sea shores on the Asian side, while Djibouti and Eritrea are across the waters in Africa.

27.   Some local media reported that the truck intercepted by police was carrying cocaine off-loaded from a boat that ran aground along the southern shore of the peninsula.

28.   In its foreign policy, the new government will seek closer ties with the southern shores of the Mediterranean, starting with Libya.

29.   Another powerful blast was heard half an hour earlier on the southern shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio but police failed to locate the device.

30.   Britain, the former colonial power in Cyprus, maintains two sovereign bases along the southern shores of this eastern Mediterranean island -- Dhekelia and Akrotiri.