1.   Bradar is operating in his home region in northwest Oruzgan province, Sarhadi said.

2.   But violent protests by state workers are becoming all too familiar these days in the northwest provinces, where people were once known for being easygoing.

3.   Sun City is located north of Pretoria in the Northwest province, in what used to be known as Bophuthatswana.

4.   Police also reported a polling station head was shot and wounded during an argument over supposed election cheating in the Gharbiya province northwest of Cairo.

5.   Police also reported a polling station head was shot and wounded during an argument over supposed election cheating in Gharbiya province northwest of Cairo.

6.   At least six people died and several were injured in a battle over land rights in Northwest province, security officials said Monday.

7.   Franks said Friday that other holdouts include the Shindand area in western Afghanistan, Helmand province northwest of Kandahar, and the Kandahar vicinity itself.

8.   The blast, caused by a large amount of dynamite, occurred at a pylon in the northwest Thesprotia province, near the port city of Igoumenitsa.

9.   The attack coincided with a stepped up campaign by the Tutsi-dominated military against Hutu rebels in the far northwest Cibitoke province.

10.   The curfew has since been lifted, although more troops were recently sent to the Northwest province in what authorities termed routine patrols.