31.   During a military-organized media tour of the region this week, Ar guided reporters through a huge depot inside the Pirinclik air base, located near Diyarbakir.

32.   Expectations for widespread rain and snow in the central Plains region this week also weighed on prices, as the precipitation is seen as beneficial to the crops.

33.   He briefed the EU ministers on his trip to the region this week where he was at pains to get the Israeli-Palestinian dialogue back on track.

34.   He planned to send Dennis B. Ross, his principal aide on the Middle East, to the region this week to meet Israeli and Syrian government leaders.

35.   He said he was sending veteran U.S. mediator Dennis B. Ross to the region this week to talk to Israeli and Palestinian leaders again.

36.   Holbrooke is being sent back to the region this week by the Clinton administration, which is anxious to see more progress.

37.   Israeli media reported Saturday that U.S. envoy Dennis Ross would be returning to the region this week to try to break the stalemate.

38.   It was the second quake to hit the region this week.

39.   Kai Tak was the second typhoon to have struck the region this week.

40.   Lockhart recorded depths of more than half a meter of snow in forested areas around the region this week.