61.   Winter wheat-growing regions had been plagued by near-drought conditions recently.

62.   While there may be no precedent to this, the economic problems that are plaguing the region - including Thailand and Malaysia - are also unprecedented.

63.   The region is plagued by ethnic violence, particularly between the Hema and Lendu tribes.

64.   The region has been plagued by two types of posionous snakes, a species of rattlesnake and a yellow viper.

65.   She also warned that tension would continue to plague the region as long as Kashmiris were deprived of their right to self-determination.

66.   The frontier region is plagued by a host of tribal insurgencies.