41.   Initial studies have shown that Las Cristinas, in the southeastern state of Bolivar, is one of the largest gold fields to be discovered in recent years.

42.   It also operates crude oil refineries in Tennessee and Alaska, and sells gasoline through a chain of Mapco Express convenience stores in eight southeastern states and Texas.

43.   It has been more than two years since the army surrounded the guerrillas of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation in the jungles of the southeastern state of Chiapas.

44.   Last month, one policeman was killed in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais by a plainclothes policeman during a similar protest.

45.   Mapco operates crude oil refineries in Tennessee and Alaska, and sells gasoline through a chain of Mapco Express convenience stores in eight southeastern states and Texas.

46.   Mild and dry weather will cover the Southeastern states.

47.   Mild weather with ample sunshine will prevail from the Southeastern states to the southern Plains as sprawling high pressure moves off the Southeastern coast.

48.   Mild conditions will linger Thursday from southern New England to the Southeastern states.

49.   Meanwhile, a broad flow of increasingly warm and humid air will sweep north through the Southeastern states promoting bands of heavy thundershowers.

50.   Meanwhile, a fetch of humid air drawn from the Atlantic will activate patches of showers and some thunder over the Southeastern states.