1.   Deciphering the public mood on health care is tough for a congressman such as Rep. Jimmy Hayes, a conservative Democrat who represents a southwestern Louisiana district.

2.   In the new southwestern district, the race is already on.

3.   The other would go to a southwestern Arizona district where Hispanics and Native Americans make up the majority.

4.   In addition to the villages in the Botlikh district, the rebels also had seized two villages in the southwestern Tsumadinsky district.

5.   Recently, three policemen in the southwestern Gucha district had to fire their guns into the air to escape a mob.

6.   The boat was traveling from Pirojpur to southwestern Khulna district.

7.   Four were killed Wednesday in the southwestern Banke district, three in the southwestern Dang district on Tuesday and four others in other areas.

8.   However, the militia were humiliatingly forced back after they tried to take up positions within the city, in its southwestern district, last week.

9.   In a separate incident, Maoists killed a regional president of the ruling Nepali Congress party in the southwestern Dang district, the minister said.

10.   Another policeman was shot dead by the rebels in the far southwestern Dang district on Tuesday, the defence ministry said.