41.   Little independent information is available about the violence in the remote, sparsely populated northwestern region of deserts and rugged mountains.

42.   Local human rights workers have alleged that hundreds of civilians died during the fighting in the northwestern region and have unearthed several mass graves.

43.   Lt. Gen. Rupert Smith, the new commander of U.N. forces in Bosnia, was heading to the northwestern Bihac region today to visit Bangladeshi peacekeepers there.

44.   Macedonians contend that the ethnic Albanian rebels want to take control of a northwestern region and call it their own.

45.   Macedonians contend that the ethnic Albanian rebels wanted to take control of a northwestern region and call it their own.

46.   Many Macedonians opposed making concessions to the ethnic Albanians, whom they regard as separatists bent on dividing the country to secede and control the northwestern region.

47.   Many Macedonians are opposed to making concessions to the ethnic Albanians whom they regard as separatists bent on dividing the country to secede and control the northwestern region.

48.   Macedonians contend that the rebels wanted to take control of a northwestern region and call it their own.

49.   Military and civilian search teams looked Monday for a Brazilian plane believed to have crashed in the northwestern region of this South American country.

50.   New aid convoys reached the northwestern Bihac region Thursday, but officials said they were far short of the regular deliveries needed to alleviate rampant hunger.