1.   ...the landlocked West African nation of Mali.

2.   Another factor was the influence that Russia has over the landlocked nation.

3.   But her family and other parents are at ease, saying communication has been good from the landlocked nation and they trust their children will be home soon.

4.   Here on the southern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul, the largest body of water in this landlocked nation, the hunting season starts in late autumn.

5.   In the landlocked central African nation of Burundi, a rebel gunned down two United Nations officials this week.

6.   International aid officials tracking the situation say conditions inside the landlocked central Asian nation are already so bad that some uprooted people are subsisting on boiled grass and leaves.

7.   Juan Carlos Wasmosy is president of Paraguay, a landlocked nation that has fought wars with all its neighbors.

8.   Early socialist policies resulted in a stagnant centralized economy for the landlocked nation.

9.   In his first meeting with Katmandu-based diplomats, Adhikary said that the impoverished landlocked Himalayan nation would instead welcome an upsurge in foreign aid and investment.

10.   In recent years, at least seven foreign banks have started functioning in this landlocked nation, but mostly in cities.