51.   While the fighting has stopped, the two sides have not reached a peace agreement and the region remains tense.

52.   While the Clinton administration has urged restraint, it consistently has backed Yeltsin in his insistence that the region remain part of Russia.

53.   With the Kosovo Liberation Army active in the region, and bandits controlling some parts of northeastern Albania, the region remains unstable.

54.   However, foreign oilmen are sceptical of the estimate, noting the region remains largely unexplored.

55.   However UN officials said that region remained fairly quiet Saturday.

56.   Interviews broadcast on the state-run Tele Liban indicated that the region remained a mystery to many Lebanese youths.

57.   The southwestern Achkhoi Martan region remains in a state of daily war, with Russians unable to capture a line of ruined villages.

58.   The region has since remained a theatre of military activity between the two camps.

59.   With the winter rainy season already half way through, most northern and central regions have remained dry and southwest areas of the kingdom have had only little rain.

60.   Most northern and central regions have remained dry and southwest areas of the kingdom have had only little rain.