41.   Government forces in Sierra Leone have recaptured ten towns and villages in a mining region in the south of the west African country, the military reported Monday.

42.   In gold mining regions in the far north, the cost of diesel fuel is four times higher than on the world market, the magazine reported.

43.   A shadowy extreme-right group has claimed responsibility for three bomb attacks in the mining region of Rustenburg northwest of here, the SAPA news agency reported Monday.

44.   A shadowy extreme-right group has claimed responsibility for three bomb attacks in the mining region of Rustenburg northeast of here, the SAPA news agency reported Monday.

45.   A shadowy extreme-right group, meanwhile, claimed responsibility for three bomb attacks on Sunday in the mining region of Rustenburg northeast of here.

46.   Across the Sarre and Ruhr mining regions, miners and their families protested at small rallies and religious services.

47.   But in this destitute mining region, where unemployment forces people to scrape for a living, many young men back the project in hopes of finding a job.

48.   But the mining regions suffer from higher than average unemployment and no alternative industries for those who lose their jobs.

49.   Earlier Monday, a shadowy extreme-right group claimed responsibility for three bomb attacks on Sunday in the mining region of Rustenburg northeast of here.

50.   Three bomb exploded on Sunday, one at a mosque, in the mining region of Rustenburg, northeast of Johannesburg, slightly injuring two people, police said.