31.   On Friday, a flood alert continued in the southeastern Tarnobrzeg region.

32.   On Saturday, a miner was killed by an underground wagon in the southeastern Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk, the Emergency Situations Ministry said.

33.   Scarcely populated villages in the remote areas of the southeastern region became easy targets for Kurdish rebels who attacked and killed residents when they refused to collaborate with them.

34.   Six Sri Lankans trying to cross the Adriatic were feared lost off the coast of Puglia, a southeastern region.

35.   The accord envisages limited autonomy for the southeastern region, an area of dense forests and hills rich in timber with possible natural gas resources.

36.   The grenade exploded late Tuesday in Gnjilane, the largest town in the southeastern region where American troops are supposed to keep order.

37.   The group has long advocated the independence of the southeastern Ethiopian region populated largely by Somalis.

38.   The developments once again highlighted the problem of displaced Kurdish families problem in southeastern region where Kurdish guerrillas have been fighting for autonomy for a decade.

39.   The Emergency Situations Ministry said one coal mine employee was killed by a rock collapse at the Kalinina mine in the southeastern Donetsk region.

40.   The government has announced a project to help the economic development of the impoverished Kurdish-dominated southeastern region.