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

42.   The latest accident occurred Wednesday at a mine in the southeastern Zaporizhia region, where a coal worker was killed due to an unspecified safety rule violation.

43.   The rebels now appear poised to take Lubumbashi, capital of mineral-rich southeastern Shaba region.

44.   The ONLF is a band of ethnic Somalis fighting the Ethiopian government for control of its southeastern Ogaden region.

45.   The PKK is also fighting for autonomy inside Turkey in the southeastern region.

46.   The previous deaths were mainly from landslides in the southeastern region.

47.   The region southeastern region, called Ogaden, once belonged to Somalia.

48.   The Swiss man and five Ethiopians disappeared in the southeastern region of Ogaden, which is largely populated by Somalis who have long sought their own independent enclave.

49.   The three were injured late Tuesday when a grenade exploded in Gnjilane, the largest town in the southeastern region where American troops are supposed to keep order.

50.   The vessels will be performing training exercises in the Adriatic, between the southeastern Italian region of Puglia and Yugoslavia, until they receive new orders.