1.   Kurds traditionally use the word Kurdistan to describe the region of Turkey where they live, along with mainly Kurdish adjoining regions of nearby countries.

2.   Delanoe said he was discussing the plan with his counterparts in adjoining regions so the new roads would not inconvenience suburban dwellers who drive into the city.

3.   In a series of interviews, Russian soldiers in Chechnya and the adjoining region of Ingushetia claimed their units had suffered numerous casualties that have not been reported.

4.   Russia has also been unable to keep Chechen lawlessness from spilling over into adjoining Russian regions, including Stavropol.

5.   The alternative, he told the Interfax news agency, would be a route through the adjoining Russian region of Dagestan.

6.   All three were said to be from the same district of the adjoining region of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania in northeastern Germany.

7.   All three were said to be from the same district of the adjoining region of Mecklenburg-West Pomerania in northeast Germany.

8.   Similar shutdowns paralysed towns across the strife-torn Kashmir Valley and parts of adjoining Jammu region, police sources said.

9.   The province and adjoining regions have been cleared of local thugs and fighting between rival factions has become a thing of the past.