1.  An active front stretching from the Southeast to the lower Mississippi Valley will trigger thunderstorms over the central Gulf States.

2.  But there may now be a chance for further reducing tensions on the last active front of the Cold War.

3.  The retreating jet stream will keep an active front along the border states with scattered showers from Michigan to Minnesota.

4.  After more than a year of relative tranquility, Sarajevo is again an active front in the three-year Bosnian war.

5.  But as of midday the wind had eased somewhat and only one active front remained, said Xavier Pomes, interior minister of the Catalonia regional government.

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

7.  But the most active fronts from a day before were reported quiet early Friday.

8.  Far from these waters, India and Pakistan frequently face off in their most active front in the disputed northern Himalayan region of Kashmir.

9.  In southern Lebanon, the last active front between Israeli and Arab forces, Lebanese guerrillas are carrying out almost daily attacks on Israeli troops and their militia allies.

10.  The downpours, caused by an unusually active low-pressure front moving southward slowly from the north, also destroyed roads and bridges and flooded vast farmlands.