1.   A study they commissioned last year found that Kansas lagged behind most neighboring states in the percentage of money spent on classroom instruction.

2.   The GAO study was requested by Sen. Byron Dorgan, a North Dakota Democrat who has long complained that Canada is underselling wheat growers in his and neighboring states.

3.   Twenty other people were reported killed in neighboring Colina state.

4.   Vidales talked as he shared a meal in the open-air market in this town with a Huichol Indian from neighboring Jalisco state.

5.   Pakistani shells also fell in several villages in neighboring Punjab state, but there were no casualties.

6.   A judge in neighboring Morelos state last year issued arrest warrants for a Guerrero state legislator and two mayors on suspicion of involvement in kidnappings.

7.   A second twister tore through neighboring Orissa state.

8.   Demonstrations against the police firing spread Wednesday from Maharashtra state, of which Bombay is the capital, to neighboring Gujarat state.

9.   Egypt also has accused Iran of meddling in the affairs of neighboring Persian Gulf states.

10.   Gujarat and parts of neighboring Rajasthan state have been declared drought areas following two years of light monsoon rains.