1.   But bin Laden has been elusive and has based himself in a rugged region, remote from U.S. bases and forces.

2.   He ended up running the rugged region largely as his own fiefdom.

3.   He was one of the officials who eventually called for the withdrawal of Soviet troops from the rugged mountainous region.

4.   It is a rugged mountainous region where most of the farro in Italy is grown.

5.   Next spring, the US Wildlife Service hopes to start capturing small numbers of grizzlies in the rugged Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia.

6.   Next spring, the Wildlife Service hopes to start capturing small numbers of grizzlies in the rugged Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia.

7.   The explosive popularity of the vehicles has given many people access to remote, rugged regions once reached only by the hardiest hikers.

8.   The letter was received by several commanders who are at the front lines in the rugged region north of Kabul.

9.   When American troops helped destroy more than one million marijuana plants in December in the rugged northern regions of this island, growers were outraged.

10.   A manhunt was launched and within hours scores of police had surrounded the escaped convicts in a rugged wooded region.