1.   And even the northwestern area slips from Russian control at night.

2.   Only the northwestern area around the government-held town of Bihac has seen persistent fighting since the cease-fire.

3.   Paramilitary police arrested a suspect in the killings of two women train passengers and six other people in the northwestern area of Liguria, police said on Thursday.

4.   Boskoski on Monday announced tougher police action against rebels in the tense northwestern areas of Tetovo and Gostivar, but also in the relatively quiet southwestern region of Struga.

5.   But the most active front Thursday -- the northwestern area known as the Bihac pocket -- was reported quiet early Friday.

6.   Coastal communities in the northwestern area of the Gulf could start feeling the effects of the system as early as Sunday or Monday.

7.   Earlier in the day, Tanzanian soldiers and police surrounded camps in the northwestern Ngara area, ordering the refugees to move out and onto the road back home.

8.   Earlier, Tanzanian soldiers and police had surrounded camps in the northwestern Ngara area and ordered the refugees to move out.

9.   Fighting was reported in the northwestern Bihac area, where the United Nations said Monday that government forces appeared to have made some gains.

10.   Heavy fighting also continued in the volatile northwestern area around Bihac where Bosnian Serb and government forces have resumed combat in recent days.