1.   A flash-flood watch was posted for a region northwest of Fairbanks.

2.   In the northwest Ixcan region and in other rural areas, progress has been halting.

3.   The company distributes energy in a relatively prosperous farming and light industrial region northwest of the city of Sao Paulo.

4.   The conflict has grown in the last six months, turning the northwest region of the country into a deadly militarized zone where no one feels secure.

5.   The poor northwest region is especially hard hit.

6.   The Ranger rebates will be offered only in the Northeast, Midwest and Northwest regions of the U.S.

7.   The terrorist news seemed nonstop in this northwest Ohio region on Tuesday, even extending to annual trick-or-treat preparations, in which a heavy police presence is promised.

8.   Two new anthologies provide an essential guide to this interior Northwest region, with a remarkably varied collection of reflections and insights.

9.   A second convoy, meant primarily to resupply U.N. peacekeepers in the northwest Bihac region, also moved into Serb-held lands, the U.N. said.

10.   A second convoy, meant primarily to resupply U.N. peacekeepers in the northwest Bihac region, also moved into Serb-held lands, U.N. officials said.